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#1 2008-05-28 21:08:42

chq
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Registered: 2008-04-12
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[SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

Hi all,

I use last 2..6.25-ARCH kernel package from repo and my wireless Atheros card works like a charm. But when I compiled kernel 2.6.25.4 using ABS with only one config change - CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y, after booting new kernel I've got a strange problem with ath_pci driver. Here is some info from
dmesg:

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.30.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133)
wlan: trunk
ath_pci: trunk
PCI: Enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0104 -> 0106)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64
ath_pci: cannot remap PCI memory region
Trying to free nonexistent resource <06000001fa000000-fea16ff9f2a1ad7f>
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:06:00.0 disabled

Madwifi drivers & utils were also compiled from ABS after new kernel compilation and installation.
The result is that I am unable to get any wifi0 or ath0 device. Iwconfig below:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

I also tried to compile 2.6.24 kernel with high memory 64GB support and result was the same.

Hard'n'software that I'm using:
Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
kernel 2.6.25.4 & 2.6.24.4
madwifi-0.9.4.3382-5
madwifi-utils-0.9.4.3382-1

I wish I could use all of 4GB RAM on Arch & my wifi card too smile
Has anyone an idea what's going on? Any help would be appreciated.

Greets,
cheniek

Last edited by chq (2008-05-29 20:10:58)

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#2 2008-05-28 21:45:15

fwojciec
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Registered: 2007-05-20
Posts: 1,411

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

You probably need to recompile the madwifi driver package as well.

Last edited by fwojciec (2008-05-28 21:45:39)

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#3 2008-05-29 20:14:51

chq
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Registered: 2008-04-12
Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

fwojciec wrote:

You probably need to recompile the madwifi driver package as well.

Oh, what a shame! It's working now. Thanks for help.
I did recompilation of the madwifi driver but it was before switching on the new kernel.

Greets,
cheniek

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#4 2008-05-30 11:54:13

xaw
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From: Chapel Hill
Registered: 2007-08-09
Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

@chq: Did you get your madwifi device working with the new 2.6.25.4 kernel or the older .24 kernel? I seem to be getting the same problem as you are, but I didn't quite understand how you managed resolved the problem.

Thanks.


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#5 2008-05-30 12:27:59

SiD
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From: Germany
Registered: 2006-09-21
Posts: 729

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

Maybe this could be interesting for you...
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/10535

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#6 2008-05-31 13:36:32

xaw
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From: Chapel Hill
Registered: 2007-08-09
Posts: 177

Re: [SOLVED]Trouble with madwifi driver & kernel 2.6.25.4

Never mind about the explanation, I downgraded the kernel back to 2.6.24-4 using the old PKGBUILD from the repos and slightly modified the madwifi PKGBUILD in abs. It works like a charm. A temporary but successful fix :-)

@SiD: Thanks for pointing out the bug report, I'll keep my eye on it.


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