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clu

Member

Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 40

hostap, orinoco and wpc11 v.3

Here is a rather puzzling module loading problem. I have a linksys wpc11 v.3 wireless card which I managed to get working with WPA and the hostap driver. However, inserting the card without causing a kernel panic requires a strange sequence of loading and unloading modules.

First of all, after boot, inserting the card causes a kernel panic. If the card is left in, there is a kernel panic during the boot. The card also causes a kernel panic on insert if hostap_cs is loaded, or if hostap_cs is loaded with orinoco_cs also being loaded.

So, the only way to insert the card without a kernel panic is to have orinoco and orinoco_cs loaded without either hostap or hostap_cs being loaded. Once the card is inserted hostap and hostap_cs are automatically loaded but the card is using the wrong driver according to lspcmcia. So now, I remove the card, rmmod orinoco and orinoco_cs and then reinsert the card. Voila, now lspcmcia shows hostap being used by the card, and lsmod shows hostap, hostap_cs and no orinoco stuff at all.

So, does anyone know why this is happening? I'm assuming I should simply be able to load hostap and hostap_cs and then be able to insert the card without a kernel panic.

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Daenyth

Forum Fellow

From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 1,244

Re: hostap, orinoco and wpc11 v.3

I might try to submit a bug report upstream.

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