Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Installing driver for WPC54G pcmcia (bcm4306)...no device listed by iwconfig...

[Gentoopower <gen...@ya...>]

Mike Leahy wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I've been trying to get my Linksys WPC54G (bcm4306, rev 2) pcmcia card
> working on an FC5 test 2 distro, so far with no success.
>
> First of all, as was mentioned in a previous post that I found on this
> list, the ndiswrapper would only compile for the initial kernel with the
> distribution (2.6.15-1.1826.2.10_FC5).  I had updated to a newer kernel
> (2.6.15-1.1872_FC5), and got an error after the line with 'loader.o'
> that was similar to the following: 'struct usb_driver' has no member
> named 'owner'.  I rebooted into the original kernel for FC5T2, and that
> error was averted (for now).
>
> Now, I have now successfully compiled ndiswrapper, and installed a
> driver from the list for the bcm4306 chipset (14e4:4320).  When I ran
> /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -i lsbcmnds.inf (I also tried a couple different
> ones called bcmwl5.inf), and I got the following message:
>
> Installing lsbcmnds
>
> That looks good...I ran /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -m and got the following
> message:
>
> Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprob.d/ndiswrapper
>
> I checked /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, and this is certainly true.
>
> If I run /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l I get the following:
>
> Installed drivers:
> lsbcmnds            driver present, hardware present
>
> After that, I ran /sbin/depmod -a ...no errors.
> Then /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper ...no errors.
> After that, I ran "dmesg | grep ndiswrapper" which gave the following
> output:
>
> ndiswrapper version 1.9rc1 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
>
> Now...my problem at this point is that I *DO NOT* get a message in the
> system log (assuming this is /var/log/messages) that says anything like
> the following:
>
> wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>
> Nor does the device get listed by /sbin/iwconfig.  I do get information
> for a device called eth1, but that was always there, and doesn't seem to
> work (e.g., I get errors when trying to configure certain properties on
> it).  I tried removing/re-inserting the pcmcia card, and here's what I get:
>
> Jan 27 01:19:17 localhost kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0
> Jan 27 01:19:17 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: unable to switch to core 0,
> retried 12 times
> Jan 27 01:19:17 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device
> 0000:03:00.0 disabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0
> (0000 -> 0002)
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] ->
> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4306, rev 0x2
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Number of cores: 6
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0x2,
> vendor 0x4243, enabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x4,
> vendor 0x4243, disabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x80d, rev 0x1,
> vendor 0x4243, enabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x807, rev 0x1,
> vendor 0x4243, disabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 4: ID 0x804, rev 0x7,
> vendor 0x4243, enabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Core 5: ID 0x812, rev 0x4,
> vendor 0x4243, disabled
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Ignoring additional 802.11 core.
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 1,
> Type 2, Revision 1
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio:  ID: 2205017f
> (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 2)
> Jan 27 01:19:30 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off
>
> Any suggestions?  Could it be that the bcm43xx driver (which came
> packaged with FC5T2) is interfering in any way?
>   
Yes it looks like this driver is loaded before ndiswrapper. Does the
redhat config tool allow you to change the name of the driver module?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> Mike
>
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