Re: [Bug #13947] Libertas: Association request to the driver failed

Gene Heskett
2009-08-25T21:31:14Z

On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Dan Williams wrote:
>On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 12:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Friday 21 August 2009, Dan Williams wrote:
>> >On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 11:17 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >> On Thursday 20 August 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> >> >On Thursday 20 August 2009, roel kluin wrote:
>> >> >> > Bug-Entry :
>> >> >> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13947 Subject
>> >> >> > : Libertas: Association request to the driver failed Submitter
>> >> >> > : Daniel Mack <daniel-rDUAYElUppE@public.gmane.org>
>> >> >> > Date : 2009-08-07 19:11 (13 days old)
>> >> >> > First-Bad-Commit:
>> >> >> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;
>> >> >> >a=c omm it;h=57921c312e8cef72ba35a4cfe870b376da0b1b87 References
>> >> >> > : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124967234311481&w=4
>> >> >> > Handled-By
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > : Roel Kluin <roel.kluin-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think this should be fixed with patch of Dan Williams found here:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/12/299
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks, bug entry updated.
>> >>
>> >> Has this made it into 2.6.31-rc6? I have one of these pci cards, and
>> >> it is still a no-show even after modprobing the mwl* and libertas
>> >> modules.
>> >
>> >You're still looking for the softmac stuff, which the 'libertas' driver
>> >doesn't support. You want to keep track of mwl8k where any new support
>> >for softmac Marvell cards would end up.
>> >
>> >Dan
>>
>> I am also loading that mwl8k module, Dan, and that isn't doing any
>> notable good either. These are NetGears latest pci 802-11bg cards. And
>> the only pci or pci-e cards widely available (Staples stocks them) unless
>> wallmart might have some (spitui) Belkin cards. I have not noted them at
>> my local wally's.
>
>Right, because mwl8k supports only the softmac 8687 PCI-E parts right
>now. It doesn't yet support the 8335 or 8310 or 86xx TopDog parts yet.
>There hasn't been any movement on those for a while and I haven't gotten
>around to abstracting mwl8k's hardware support to handle the older
>parts. But mwl8k is the only driver that could possibly be relevant for
>you, since libertas will always be for the fullmac-only parts (8385,
>8388, 8686, 8688).
>
>Dan

Thanks Dan, now I have a clearer picture, and I should be watching for
patches to mwl8k to go by & testing them, that I can do if you want to put me
on your patch list for that, if & when there are patches to test. ;-)

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