Re: Newbie questions

On my system:
 /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug contains /sbin/udevsend which is the event handler 
for hotplug.
/proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev contains amongst other things "nsd name  : 
prism2_usb"
(which will be prism2_cs in your case) but I am not sure when these values 
are
set up.

The errors in your log:
Line 73 of /etc/wlan/shared contains "cat /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" which 
gives
"Permission denied" ( although I would we expect the error to be "file not 
found" ? ).
Perhaps "Permission denied" points to a problem with selinux? In any case, 
hotplug
does not seem to be established at this point.
Line 133 of /etc/wlan/shared refers to /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev which
again gives "Permission denied".
The name of the firmware load is taken from the "nsd name" line which is not
accessible and therefore no firmware load could take place (log shows the
name as _fwload rather than prism2_fwload).

There has been previous discussion in this group about what role hotplug 
plays,
and which services should be brought up in which order. Perhaps someone else
can help as I am not using pcmcia.

Just one thought - do you have the line "alias wlan0 prism2_cs" in 
/etc/modprobe.conf?

Regards,

Peter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vikram KAUL" <[email protected]>
To: "Peter Ison" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [lwlan-user] Newbie questions


>
> Hi Peter, others
>
> Thanks for the log outputs. That gave me the pointer to look carefully
> into the /var/log/messages for cardmgr. I saw that the commands are not
> executing properly for some reason. The "wlan-ng" which is in /etc/pcmcia
> is probably the source of the problem. Nothing after that works.
> For an orinoco card, it works fine, of course.
>
> Then, I did the following
>
> cd /etc/pcmcia
> ./wlan-ng start wlan0
>
> Voila !!
> It works like a charm.
>
> Not sure why the problem is occuring. I need to investigate further. In
> the meanwhile, if you or anyone has any pointers, that would be welcome
>
> Thanks
> Vikram
>
> See the cut-n-paste below for the problem, and then the post-fix
>
> Problem:
> ------
> [root@ar12-73 wlan]# cat /var/log/messages | grep cardmgr
> Nov  7 18:09:52 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: socket 1: Linksys WCF12 11Mbps
> 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism 3)
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: executing: './wlan-ng start wlan0
> 2>&1'
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + cat: /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug:
> Permission denied
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + /etc/wlan/shared: line 73: [: too
> many arguments
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + grep:
> /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/wlandev: Permission denied
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + /etc/wlan/shared: line 133:
> _fwload: command not found
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + Firmware failed to load for
> device wlan0
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + wlanctl-ng: Permission denied
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + FAILED: /sbin/wlanctl-ng wlan0
> dot11req_start ssid=XXAAXX bsstype=independent beaconperiod=100
> dtimperiod=3 cfpollable=false cfpollreq=false cfpperiod=3
> cfpmaxduration=100 probedelay=100 dschannel=6 basicrate1=2 basicrate2=4
> operationalrate1=2 operationa
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + rate2=4 operationalrate3=11
> operationalrate4=22
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + cp: cannot create regular file
> `/tmp/wlan_scheme_18:09:53.tmp': Permission denied
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + ls: /tmp/wlan_scheme*.tmp: No
> such file or directory
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + cat: -: Bad file descriptor
> Nov  7 18:09:53 ar12-73 cardmgr[1719]: + cat: closing standard input: Bad
> file descriptor
>
>
>
> After the fix:
> --------------
>
>
>
> [root@ar12-73 wlan]# cd /etc/pcmcia/
> [root@ar12-73 pcmcia]# ./wlan-ng start wlan0
> message=lnxreq_ifstate
>  ifstate=fwload
>  resultcode=success
> Reading S-record file /etc/wlan//prism2_ak.hex...
> NIC ID: 0x801b v1.0.0
> MFI ID: 0x1 v1 1->1
> CFI ID: 0x2 v2 1->1
> PRI ID: 0x3 v1 4->4
> Version:  ID 0x15 1.1.4
> Compat: Role 0 Id 0x3 v4 4->5
> Compat: Role 0x1 Id 0x2 v2 1->1
> Seq: 0
> Platform:  ID 0x800c 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8013 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8017 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x801b 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8022 1.0.0
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0005.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0402.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0403.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0404.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0408.
> Reading S-record file /etc/wlan//prism2_rf.hex...
> NIC ID: 0x801b v1.0.0
> MFI ID: 0x1 v1 1->1
> CFI ID: 0x2 v2 1->1
> PRI ID: 0x3 v1 4->4
> Seq: 0
> Version:  ID 0x1f 1.8.4
> Compat: Role 0 Id 0x4 v4 1->15
> Compat: Role 0x1 Id 0x1 v1 1->1
> Compat: Role 0x1 Id 0x2 v2 1->1
> name inforec len 7
> Platform:  ID 0x800a 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x800b 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x800c 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x800d 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8012 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8013 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8014 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8016 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8017 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8018 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x801a 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x801b 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x801c 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8021 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8022 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8023 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x800a 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x800e 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8015 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8019 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x801d 1.0.0
> Platform:  ID 0x8024 1.0.0
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0412.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0414.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0406.
> prism2dl: warning: Failed to find PDR for plugrec 0x0302.
> prism2dl: finished.
> message=lnxreq_ifstate
>  ifstate=disable
>  resultcode=success
> IBSS mode started.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Peter Ison wrote:
>
> pison>Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 21:13:10 -0000
> pison>From: Peter Ison <[email protected]>
> pison>To: Vikram KAUL <[email protected]>
> pison>Subject: Re: [lwlan-user] Newbie questions
> pison>
> pison>This is what I see for the MA111 usb:
> pison>
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x8026 1.0.0
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.3
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.8.3
> pison>
> pison>According to the driver file shared.prism2 your device 0x801b maps
> to "SST Parallel Flash".
> pison>
> pison>A firmware load is embedded in the wlan-ng driver and is usually
> performed at boot and possibly at other times by hotplug using
> prism2_fwload located in prism2/shared.prism2. That routine determines
> which firmware files (/etc/wlan/*.hex) to load for any particular device.
> pison>
> pison>The instruction to load the firmware is in the file
> /etc/wlan/shared, and is in the line "if ! ${nsdname}_fwload $1 ; then"
> which appears in the extract I quoted. ( {nsdname}_fwload maps to
> prism2_fwload ).
> pison>
> pison>wlan_enable() is called conditionally from /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.
> pison>
> pison>An instruction such as "service wlan restart" runs the script
> /etc/init.d/wlan which calls wlan_bring_it_up which calls wlan_enable()
> which causes the selected firmware modules to be loaded. Sometimes, after
> error conditions while testing, that script stops working but a reboot
> clears the problem.
> pison>
> pison>If the firmware fails to load I get a message to that effect in the
> log, and if all goes well I see this:
> pison>
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: usbcore: registered new driver
> prism2_usb
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech wland[3624]: wland daemon init successful
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech wland[3624]: netlink socket opened and bound
> successfully
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: PDA Read from 0x007f0000 in EXTDS
> space.
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: PDA Read from 0x007f0000 in EXTDS
> space.
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e2ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e3ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e4ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e5ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e6ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e7ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e8ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e9ffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7eaffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ebffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ecffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7edffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 3010 bytes to ram @0x7eeffe
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 416 bytes to ram @0x7efc20
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 16 bytes to ram @0x7efdd0
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:35 myntech kernel: Writing 4044 bytes to ram @0x7f0800
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: Writing 3288 bytes to ram @0x7fe000
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x8026 1.0.0
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.3
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.8.3
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=1/4
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/15
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel:
> STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: Prism2 card SN:
> \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:36 myntech kernel: linkstatus=DISCONNECTED (unhandled)
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:42 myntech wlan.agent[3620]: WLAN wlan0 brought up
> successfully.
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:42 myntech wlan.agent[3620]: WLAN bringing up layer 3+
> with /sbin/ifup
> pison>Nov 7 20:18:44 myntech kernel: linkstatus=CONNECTED
> pison>
> pison>Regards,
> pison>
> pison>Peter
> pison>
> pison>----- Original Message ----- 
> pison>From: "Vikram KAUL" <[email protected]>
> pison>To: "Peter Ison" <[email protected]>
> pison>Cc: <[email protected]>
> pison>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:49 PM
> pison>Subject: Re: [lwlan-user] Newbie questions
> pison>
> pison>
> pison>>
> pison>> Peter
> pison>>
> pison>> pison>I am using a Netgear MA111 usb device with driver .0.2.2 and
> Fedora Core 4.
> pison>> pison>Although you have a different device, you are getting
> exactly the same result as I did before I found a patch to
> /etc/wlan/shared which resolved the problem.
> pison>>
> pison>> What version if pri f/w and sta f/w are you using now ?
> pison>>
> pison>> pison>
> pison>> pison>David suggested it might be a problem with downloading the
> firmware. In my situation, after the download of the firware, the device
> did not then switch out of the firmware download mode.
> pison>>
> pison>> What process did you use for the firmware download ? XP based, or
> prism2dl ?
> pison>>
> pison>> I added the line you suggested, but it didn't help. When and how
> does this
> pison>> primitive (wlan_ebable) get executed ? At boot time only ? Can I
> not call
> pison>> it as a script after bootup ?
> pison>>
> pison>> regards..
> pison>> Vikram
> pison>>
> pison>> pison>Therefore, it might be worth adding one line to the file:
> pison>> pison>
> pison>> pison>In /etc/wlan/shared:
> pison>> pison>        wlan_enable()
> pison>> pison>        .......
> pison>> pison>        nsdname=`wlan_nsdname $1`
> pison>> pison>        if ! ${nsdname}_fwload $1 ; then
> pison>> pison>                ${ECHO} "Firmware failed to load for device
> $1"
> pison>> pison>                return 1
> pison>> pison>        fi
> pison>> pison>        # Enable the interface
> pison>> pison>        # ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE
> pison>> pison>        $WLANCTL $1 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=disable
> pison>> pison>        result=`$WLANCTL $1 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable`
> pison>> pison>
> pison>> pison>Then reboot and see what happens.
> pison>>
>