On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 04:29:53PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > > > eth0: Error -19 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities... > > eth0: Station identity 0000:0000:0000:0000 > > eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.00 > > eth0: Intersil firmware earlier than v0.08 - several features not supported > > eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported > > hermes @ 0x100: Card removed while issuing command. > > eth0: failed to read MAC address! > > orinoco_cs: register_netdev() failed > > If anyone has an answer for this, please email me off-list. For now I'm > going to zap Debian off that partition until I can usefully get it to > access my network. If someone replies with a solution, I'll gladly re- > install.
I use such a card as I am writing this. root@segesta 4987 # cardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card", "ISL37300P", "Eval-RevA" manfid: 0x000b, 0x7300 function: 6 (network) I do have some problems as the driver blocks every once in a while, and I have to reset it. Apparently the Prism or Intersil firmware is being changed regularly in undocumented ways, giving the driver developers a lot of problem. When I boot I get this: kernel: eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003 kernel: eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.03 kernel: eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported kernel: eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported kernel: eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key kernel: eth1: MAC address 00:30:AB:20:29:08 kernel: eth1: Station name "Prism I" kernel: eth1: ready kernel: eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f cardmgr[241]: executing: './network start eth1' cardmgr[241]: + /sbin/iwconfig eth1 channel 3 cardmgr[241]: + Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) : cardmgr[241]: + SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported. kernel: eth1: Error -110 setting multicast list. The last error messages are bogus, as the frequency is changed. Make sure you install a rather new kernel so you get a recent version of the orinoco driver. I use 2.4.19 with orinoco_cs 0.11b. Not perfect but usable. -- René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.seindal.dk/rene/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
