Re: [Madwifi-users] Issue to see ath0 after building madwifi on Debian

[Cayetanot, S. <seb...@in...>]

Ok , I have patched the source code of the madwifi driver to replace skb_append by skb_queue_after and the build succeed.

Now, when I load the ath_hal module, I got a reply in dmesg with: ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210....)

But when loading the ath_pci module, I got a list of "unknown symbol ieeexxx" and "disagrees about version of symbol and FATAL error to load the module

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Pavel Roskin [mailto:pr...@gn...] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 5:36 PM
To: Cayetanot, Sebastien
Cc: mad...@li...
Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] Issue to see ath0 after building madwifi on Debian

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:00:20 +0000
"Cayetanot, Sebastien" <seb...@in...> wrote:

> By the way, is it normal that lspci do not reply  that it's a wireless 
> device and not only "Netwrok Controller: Atheros Communication Inc. 
> Device 002a"

It looks like a typo in the lspci source or device database.

> I have used the command "modprob ath_pci" to load the driver (and also 
> using the insmod command for ath_hal an ath_pci).
> 
> But I still not see the interface ath0 using the iwconfig or "ifconfig 
> -a" tools.

You may have another driver claiming the device, most likely ath9k.  It needs to be removed by rmmod for ath_pci to claim the device.

Check the kernel log with the dmesg command.  The driver may have trouble initializing the device.

You may also have an old version of MadWifi without AR9280 support.
Please always specify the version of the software if reporting a problem with it.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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