Re: at76c503a crashes on 2.6.21.3

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 21:56 -0500, [email protected] wrote:

> Unfortunately, I might have run into another problem - now that the
> driver loads successfully.
> Despite my best attempts (maybe not good enough, though) I haven't yet
> managed to iwconfig the device to the point where the wireless gets
> off the ground.

Please be more specific.  A good problem report should include what you
are trying to achieve, what you are doing and what you are getting.
Neither seems to be described well.

Please avoid non-technical terms (like "gets off the ground") unless you
are absolutely sure that everybody understands what you mean.

If you need general help with wireless networking, it's probably a wrong
list.  I'm sure there are good resources about Linux wireless on the
web.

> In case I haven't exhausted all the possibilities and it has something
> to do with the unsettling warning,

You didn't describe a single command.

> []$ iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> ...
> Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
> Some things may be broken...

I believe all common stuff should be OK.  Support for wireless
extensions 21 and 22 is only present in pre-releases of Wireless Tools.

>  what should I do next?

If you have reasons to suspect that the problem is driver specific,
describe it.  Remember three keywords: goal, action, result.  Make sure
each is covered.

If the problem is generic, I suggest doing some search first, maybe
finding a more generic list.  Still, you'll need to post the details,
not just that you "exhausted all the possibilities".

One thing useful in either case would be to bring the interface up and
scan:

ifconfig eth1 up
iwlist eth1 scan

> [FWIW, iwconfig is the latest, "Wireless-Tools version 28" (wireless_tools.28)]

It supports wireless extensions up to version 20.  You'll need 29-pre21
beta for v21 and v22 support.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin