MadWifi driver fails to recognize Ubiquity card

Aditya Bhave <[email protected]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:55:39 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.madwifi.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I compiled and installed the latest MadWifi code in the following way

ayb@AD-DELL:~/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4-r4133-20100621$ cd scripts
sudo ./madwifi-unload
sudo ./find-madwifi-modules.sh -r $(uname -r)
cd ../
make clean
make
sudo make install


Im using Ubiquity SR71X miniPCI card (the one that plugs into the 
external mini slot of a laptop). Inspite of all the above steps 
completing successfully, the driver does not recognize the card. Here 
are some outputs

ayb@AD-DELL:~/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4-r4133-20100621$ lsmod | grep ath_pci
ath_pci                86603  0
wlan                  193535  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               190909  1 ath_pci

ayb@AD-DELL:~/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4-r4133-20100621$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
   *-network
        description: Wireless interface
        product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
        logical name: eth2
        version: 01
        serial: 00:16:cf:0c:0a:78
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.60.48.36 
ip=192.168.0.7 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
        resources: irq:16 memory:dfdfc000-dfdfffff
   *-network UNCLAIMED
        description: Network controller
        product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
        vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
        version: 01
        width: 64 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: cap_list
        configuration: latency=0
        resources: memory:dfcf0000-dfcfffff
   *-network
        description: Ethernet interface
        product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
        vendor: Broadcom Corporation
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
        logical name: eth0
        version: 02
        serial: 00:15:c5:22:ed:a3
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
        configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 
latency=64 multicast=yes
        resources: irq:17 memory:dfafe000-dfafffff

ayb@AD-DELL:~/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4-r4133-20100621$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth2      IEEE 802.11  Access Point: Not-Associated
           Link Quality:5  Signal level:215  Noise level:199
           Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:551  invalid misc:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ayb@AD-DELL:~/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4-r4133-20100621$


As you can see, even though the driver module is loaded, no wifi0 
appears in iwconfig and the card remains unclaimed. Any idea why this 
could be happening?

Thanks
regards,
Aditya Bhave


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