Re: Aironet doesn't work

[Ookhoi <ookhoi@dds.nl>]

> Hi Francois,
> 
> >    I'm having trouble getting a Cisco 340 wireless card to work with the
> > aironet driver from 2.4.3-ac6. The driver loads fine but then cardmgr
> > says:
> > 
> > Apr 29 22:37:35 oleron cardmgr[613]: initializing socket 0
> > Apr 29 22:37:35 oleron cardmgr[613]: socket 0: Aironet PC4800
> > Apr 29 22:37:35 oleron cardmgr[613]: executing: 'modprobe aironet4500_core'
> > Apr 29 22:37:35 oleron cardmgr[613]: executing: 'modprobe aironet4500_cs'
> > Apr 29 22:37:36 oleron cardmgr[613]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> > 
> >    I'm using the debian pcmcia-cs package version 3.1.22-0.2potato. I
> > would be happy to help debug this but I won't have the card for long.
> > Where should I go from there?
> >    My laptop is a Sony Vaio F560. I also have a 3com pcmcia network card
> > which works just fine so I know that pcmcia is working. I tried the
> > cisco card in each socket, with and without the 3com card at the same
> > time. My /etc/pcmcia/config file says:
> > 
> > --- cut here ---
> > device "airo_cs"
> >   class "network" module "aironet4500_core", "aironet4500_cs"
> > #  class "network" module "airo", "airo_cs"
> > 
> > card "Aironet PC4500"
> >   manfid 0x015f, 0x0005
> >   bind "airo_cs"
> > 
> > card "Aironet PC4800"
> >   manfid 0x015f, 0x0007
> >   bind "airo_cs"
> > --- cut here ---
> 
> The aironet drivers included in the kernel never worked for me (early
> 2.4.x-ac), so I use the airo and airo_cs modules which are disabled in
> your pcmcia config.
> 
> You find the sources at www.cse.ucsc.edu/~breed (airo.c and airo_cs.c).

Euh, make that http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~breed/airo.html

> Copy them over the airo.c and airo_cs.c in pcmcia-cs-3.1.xx/wireless,
> build the modules and there you are. :-)
> 
> 	Ookhoi