Re: [Madwifi-users] DWL-G520+ .. no device found

[Alexandre P. <ale...@sa...>]

Ok !

Thanks a lot .. 
Indeed it was a quite simple problem !

I will try to turn it back

thanks again

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:25:26 -0000
"Richard Hogg" <ri...@ho...> wrote:

> 
> The problem is quite simple..
> 
> The G520+ (and the other G+ units) are based in the TI chipset and not
> Atheros. That's why the driver doesn't work.
> 
> As far as I know there isn't a TI Linux driver for these cards yet either.
>  
> If you need Linux connectivity, I'd suggest seeing if you can take the card
> back and swap it for a normal G520..
> 
>   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mad...@li...
> [mailto:mad...@li...] On Behalf Of Alexandre
> PARISI
> Sent: 01 March 2004 09:08
> To: mad...@li...
> Subject: [Madwifi-users] DWL-G520+ .. no device found
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install a D-Link DWL G520+ (PCI device) on my Mandrake 9.1
> (kernel 2.4.21), which is install on a DELL optiplex GX 110.
> 
> The first thing i've done is to download some madwifi drivers. (the CVS
> download does not work for me.. and i don't know why, so i found them on
> another site) I found this version :
> 	wlan	0.7.2.0	BETA
> 	ath_hal 0.9.6.3
> 	ath_pci	0.8.4.0 BETA
> 
> it seems to be not so old.
> 
> So where I try a lspci, the system recognize the card as a "Network
> controler : Texas Instruments".
> 
> But after compiling the madwifi driver, the insmod succeed for the wlan and
> the ath_hal module, but FAIL for the ath_pci one and returns me this error :
> "Hint : insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including IO or IRQ parameters."
> 
> And dmesg returns me:
> "ath_pci: No device found, driver not installed."
> 
> If someone knows what is the problem ... it will be very helpfull ! 
> 
> NB : the internal network and sound cards are disabled as i read some
> sharing IRQ problems.
> 
> Thanks for advance
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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