[Acx100-users] not quite working acx111

[Jim C. <jim...@gm...>]

hi all,

Ive installed an acx111 based mini-pci card into a box running voyage 0.80+
(daily build from Nov 2011), and am getting partial success:

- driver loads & recognizes the device
- it wont connect to the AP

Device ID is below, I sent the whole /proc listing cuz other parts
might provide a clue as to whats missing.
There is a "failure" in diag, dont know what it means.

root@voyage:~# more /proc/driver/acx_phy16/
antenna      diag         info         reg_domain   tx_level
debug        eeprom       phy          sensitivity
root@voyage:~# more /proc/driver/acx_phy16/*
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/antenna
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antenna[0,1]: 0x4a 0x04
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/debug
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acx_debug: 0x000a
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/diag
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** Rx buf **
00 empty [tail]
01 empty
02 empty
03 empty
04 empty
05 empty
06 empty
07 empty
08 empty
09 empty
10 empty
11 empty
12 empty
13 empty
14 empty
15 empty
** Tx buf (free 16, Ieee80211 queue: running) **
00 Available     (80) [head] [tail]
01 Available     (80)
02 Available     (80)
03 Available     (80)
04 Available     (80)
05 Available     (80)
06 Available     (80)
07 Available     (80)
08 Available     (80)
09 Available     (80)
10 Available     (80)
11 Available     (80)
12 Available     (80)
13 Available     (80)
14 Available     (80)
15 Available     (80)

** PCI data **
txbuf_start c10d0000, txbuf_area_size 37536, txbuf_startphy 010d0000
txdesc_size 52, txdesc_start c9492294
txhostdesc_start c66c1000, txhostdesc_area_size 1024,
txhostdesc_startphy 066c1000
rxdesc_start c9491f54
rxhostdesc_start c66c5000, rxhostdesc_area_size 448,
rxhostdesc_startphy 066c5000
rxbuf_start c10e0000, rxbuf_area_size 38336, rxbuf_startphy 010e0000

** network status **
dev_state_mask 0x0001
mode 2, channel 1, reg_dom_id 0x10, reg_dom_chanmask 0x0000, ESSID
"ACXSTAE69968", essid_activ
e 1, essid_len 12, essid_for_assoc "", nick "acx v0.6.0"
WEP ena 0, restricted 0, idx 0
dev_addr  00:E0:98:E6:99:68
bssid     00:E0:98:E6:99:68
ap_filter FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
tx_queue len: 0

** PHY status **
tx_enabled 0, tx_level_dbm 0, tx_level_val 1,
 sensitivity 2, antenna[0,1] 0x4A 0x04, ed_threshold 0, cca 0, preamble_mode 2
rate_basic 0x0003, rate_oper 0x1FFF
rts_threshold 2312, frag_threshold 2346, short_retry 7, long_retry 4
msdu_lifetime 4096, listen_interval 100, beacon_interval 100

** Firmware **
NOTE: version dependent statistics layout, please report if you
suspect wrong parsing!

version "Rev 1.2.1.34"
Rx/Tx:
  tx_desc_overfl 0
  rx_OutOfMem 0, rx_hdr_overfl 0, rx_hw_stuck 0
  rx_dropped_frame 0, rx_frame_ptr_err 0, rx_xfr_hint_trig 0
  rx_aci_events 0, rx_aci_resets 0
DMA:
  rx_dma_req 0, rx_dma_err 0, tx_dma_req 14, tx_dma_err 0
IRQ:
  cmd_cplt 0, fiq 0
  rx_hdrs 0, rx_cmplt 0, rx_mem_overfl 16, rx_rdys 0
  irqs 0, tx_procs 0, decrypt_done 0
  dma_0_done 0, dma_1_done 15, tx_exch_complet 0
  commands 0, rx_procs 0, hw_pm_mode_changes 0
  host_acks 0, pci_pm 0, acm_wakeups 0
WEP:
  wep_key_count 0, wep_default_key_count 0, dot11_def_key_mib 0
  wep_key_not_found 0, wep_decrypt_fail 0
  wep_pkt_decrypt 0, wep_decrypt_irqs 0
power:
  tx_start_ctr 0, no_ps_tx_too_short 0
  rx_start_ctr 0, no_ps_rx_too_short 0
  lppd_started 0
  no_lppd_too_noisy 0, no_lppd_too_short 0, no_lppd_matching_frame 0
MIC:
  mic_rx_pkts 0, mic_calc_fail 0
AES:
  aes_enc_fail 0, aes_dec_fail 0
  aes_enc_pkts 0, aes_dec_pkts 0
  aes_enc_irq 52399, aes_dec_irq 1
failed at event part (size 32), offset 220 (struct size 240), please report
UNKN220: 0
UNKN224: 0
UNKN228: 0
UNKN232: 0
UNKN236: 0
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/eeprom
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/info
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acx driver version:		v0.6.0 (git: eb95675)
Wireless extension version:	22
chip name:			TNETW1130 (0x03010101)
radio type:			0x16
form factor:			0x01
EEPROM version:			0x05
firmware version:		Rev 1.2.1.34 (0x01020134)
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/phy
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/reg_domain
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reg_dom_id: 0x10
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/sensitivity
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acx_sensitivity: 2
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/proc/driver/acx_phy16/tx_level
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tx_level_dbm: 0



Also, <debugfs>/ieee80211/phy* is empty.
whats interesting here is that I have another
wifi card in the same box, its working, and
its dbgfs entry is also empty.  That suggests
its the box/kernel/userspace thats responsible.


root@voyage:~# iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"yoduh"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.427 GHz  Access Point: 00:14:D1:E8:65:0A
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:1234-5678-90
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=50/100  Signal level=50/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:192  Invalid misc:14   Missed beacon:0

wlan1     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on


ifconfig shows only wlan0 (the other, working card)

any hints as to whats wrong ?