From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
To: Jan Martinek <honza@dp.fce.vutbr.cz>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ISL3890, master mode, prism54 -> p54pci regression
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:26:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201003131126.57729.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B9B43B0.1030801@dp.fce.vutbr.cz>
On Saturday 13 March 2010 08:50:08 Jan Martinek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using prism54 driver and my PCI wireless card was working in
> Master mode. After upgrade to kernel-2.6.32 there is no prism54 driver
> so I switched to p54pci. The problem is that I cannot set the Master
> mode anymore, I get this error:
>
> # iwconfig wlan0 mode master
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>
> This is my wireless card:
>
> 03:05.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism
> Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
>
> this is my kernel version: kernel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64
> And here is what I found in dmesg:
>
> cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
> (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
> (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> p54pci 0000:03:05.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> p54pci 0000:03:05.0: firmware: requesting isl3886pci
> phy0: p54 detected a LM86 firmware
> p54: rx_mtu reduced from 3240 to 2376
> phy0: FW rev 2.13.12.0 - Softmac protocol 5.9
> phy0: cryptographic accelerator WEP:YES, TKIP:YES, CCMP:YES
> phy0: hwaddr 00:60:b3:1c:41:e5, MAC:isl3890 RF:Frisbee
> phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
> Registered led device: p54-phy0::assoc
> Registered led device: p54-phy0::tx
> Registered led device: p54-phy0::rx
> Registered led device: p54-phy0::radio
> p54pci 0000:03:05.0: is registered as 'phy0'
> cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: CZ
> cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: CZ
> (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
> (2400000 KHz - 2483500 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
> (5150000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2301 mBm)
> (5250000 KHz - 5350000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2301 mBm)
> (5470000 KHz - 5725000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm)
>
> Is there any possibility to set the master mode?
The mac80211 stack _outsourced_ most of the 802.11 management code,
so it can't operate in master mode all by itself.
Therefore you'll need hostapd.
We have an up-to-date wiki entry (+ some WPA(2) examples):
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
BTW: There are also back-ports of the mac80211-stack (+ drivers)
(aka compat-wireless). So, if you run into weird AP problems,
you know where to look for updates.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download
Regards,
Chr
PS: What card do you have? Is it a Z-Com XG-600?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-13 10:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-13 7:50 ISL3890, master mode, prism54 -> p54pci regression Jan Martinek
2010-03-13 10:10 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2010-03-13 10:26 ` Christian Lamparter [this message]
2010-03-15 8:08 ` Jan Martinek
2010-03-15 11:39 ` Christian Lamparter
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