wireless woes with 3.5.1

[nianderson]

I have a socket low power cf card that used to work great in my 5500 on old versions of OZ. one day it started getting flaky and I was itching for an upgrade so i got an 860 and a wfc12. I have been runnin cakco on my 860 with no problems for a while using the wcf12. i am trying out 3.5.1 and it seems neither card wants to get an address. Its been a while since Ive used my 5500 also but i flashed 3.5.1 on it also and neither card works there as well.   Help?

[dansawyer]

I have had a simular problem with the later OZ releases. A way that sometimes works is to force the OZ to do a network search in the configuration menu. The order is to first bring up the interface and to then enter the configuration menu. There perform the scan option, then hit ok. This brings up the network most of the time. I have tried this with two cards.

Dan

[nianderson]

correction i can get my wcf12 working on my 5500 runnin 3.5.1 i see that the network entries in the 5500 are different than what i see in the network config of the 860. any ideas or solutions to get it working on my 860?

[nianderson]

after some more testing and a reboot now readlog is showing unresolved symbols in hostap stuff when i insert my wcf12. any ideas?

[Mickeyl]

Not until you start to give exact readings.

[papercrane]

I also have a WCF12. The card is seen fine (I see the correct name when I insert it). In dmesg, I get:
wifi0: cound not set interface UP - no PRI f/w
wifi0: cound not set interface UP - no PRI f/w

The Network app shows no MAC for any interfaces (wifi0, wlan0, eth0, eth1).

[papercrane]

Here's the full output.

sa1100_pcmcia_init(0)
hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
hostap_cs: 0.2.4 - 2004-07-17 (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi>)
hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
hostap_cs: ignoring Vcc=33 (from config)
Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 35, io 0xc4850000-0xc485003f
hostap_cs: assuming no Primary image in flash - card initialization not completed
wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x1f
prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 41
Readback test failed, HCR 0x1f write 00 e1 a1 ff read 00 c1 a1 c1
wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x0f
prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR ff
Readback test succeeded, HCR 0x0f
prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 7f
wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
wlan0: could not set interface UP - no PRI f/w
wlan0: could not set interface UP - no PRI f/w

[Mickeyl]

Looks like you have one of those new batch of prims cards which needs downloadable firmware. Qoute from the prism3-firmware.ipk README:

To make a prism3 card w/ downloadable firmware work, do the following:
        0.) Install hostap-utils
        1.) Add "needs_reset yes" and "needs_firmware hostap_fw_load" to
            the proper interface in /etc/network/interfaces
        2.) Add a shell skript w/ "ifdown <interface>" to /etc/apm/suspend.d
        3.) Add a shell skript w/ "ifup <interface>" to /etc/apm/resume.d