From: Yang-Hwee TAN (tanyh_at_bii.a-star.edu.sg)
Date: 2002-09-16 01:43:33 UTC
Hi,
i'm guessing the problem is due to the PCI adaptor being not compatible to Senao card.
i've vendors recommending me to use the "Generic" PCI adaptor with Richoh chip R5C475II. seems like the TI pci adaptors are proprietary to certain use of brands on Wireless LAN/Eth cards only.
my setup here is using Senao NL-2511CD plus Ext2 + Generic PCI adaptor with Richoh R5C475II chip (from Senao/SparkLAN) for the hardware and using hostap_cs (19052002 version), been functioning very well for 4mths.
you can take a look at my url for details on my setup/config...
http://rebecca.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~tanyh/projects.html
OR my "tiny" How-To on WirelessLAN setup,
http://rebecca.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~tanyh/How-To-wirelessAP.html
cheers,
Yanghwee
email: mx5yh_at_singnet.com.sg
> Hi to all.
>
> I'm tring to use some Senao NL-2511CD with hostap, but it seems
> impossible to use them with hostap.
>
> Here is my configuration:
> Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 (primary 1.1, seconday 1.4.9)
> PCMCIA/PCI adaptec TI 1410 Based (LUCENT/ORINOCO)
>
> MB Asus A7M266-D rev 1.04
>
>
> -----
> * the first problem I've found is IRQ assignment problem for the adapter
> (solved turning off plug and play OS in the bios)
>
> * the second problem regards memory probes
> ------------
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.1
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: kernel build: 2.4.19-k7-smp2 #1 SMP Sat
> Sep 14 17:51:09 CEST 2002
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp]
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at
> 0xc00fc480
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at
> f0000:c4b0, dseg at f0000
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: TI 1410 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot
> 02:08, mem 0xbc004000
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: host opts [0]: [isa irq] [pci irq 19]
> [lat 32/176] [bus 3/6]
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = none!<6> PCI
> card interrupts, PCI status changes
> Sep 16 01:38:24 saturn kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
> excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
> Sep 16 01:38:25 saturn kernel: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff:
> excluding 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
> Sep 16 01:38:25 saturn kernel: cs: warning: no high memory space available!
> Sep 16 01:38:25 saturn kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff:
> excluding 0xd0000-0xdffff
> Sep 16 01:38:25 saturn kernel: cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff:
> excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff
> Sep 16 01:38:25 saturn kernel: memory_cs: mem0: anonymous: unknown size
> ------------
>
> with this config.opts
> ------------
> # System resources available for PCMCIA devices
>
> include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff
> include memory 0xc0000-0xfffff
>
> include memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff, memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
>
> # High port numbers do not always work...
> include port 0x1000-0x17ff
>
> # Extra port range for IBM Token Ring
> #include port 0xa00-0xaff
>
> # Resources we should not use, even if they appear to be available
>
> # First built-in serial port
> exclude irq 4
> # Second built-in serial port
> exclude irq 3
> # First built-in parallel port
> exclude irq 7
> ------------
>
>
> **** SOLVED ?!? adding "include memory 0xbc004000-0xbcffffff" in
> config.opts
>
>
>
> ...Now the system seems to recognize well the bridge but fails loading
> hostap_cs with this message:
>
> ------------
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.1
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: kernel build: 2.4.19-k7-smp2 #1 SMP Sat
> Sep 14 17:51:09 CEST 2002
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp]
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at
> 0xc00fc480
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at
> f0000:c4b0, dseg at f0000
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: TI 1410 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot
> 02:08, mem 0xbc004000
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: host opts [0]: [isa irq] [pci irq 19]
> [lat 32/176] [bus 3/6]
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = none!<6> PCI
> card interrupts, PCI status changes
> Sep 16 01:40:22 saturn kernel: cs: memory probe 0xbc004000-0xbcffffff:
> excluding 0xbc004000-0xbc101fff 0xbc7f4000-0xbc9effff
> 0xbcfe4000-0xbd0e1fffSep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs:
> hostap_cs.c 0.0.0 2002-09-12 (SSH Communications Security Corp, Jouni
> Malinen)
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs: (c) Jouni Malinen
> <jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi>
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff:
> excluding 0x290-0x297 0x3c0-0x3df
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0298-0x03bf: clean.
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04ff: clean.
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 19,
> io 0x0100-0x013f
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: wlan0: hfa384x_cmd - timeout - reg=0xffff
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs: first command failed - is the
> card compatible?
> Sep 16 01:40:23 saturn kernel: hostap_cs: Initialization failed
> ------------
>
>
>
> Any hints ?
>
>
>
> Thanks to all
>
> Christian
>
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