hostap and compaq wl-200

Fri Jan 17 08:54:35 PST 2003

I had some familiar problems, don't remember exactly how it did behave.
But.. putting PCIC_OPTS="irq_mode=1" in rc.pcmcia did the trick. Maybe
samething with yours.

// Joachim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Sanders" <cas at taz.net.au>
To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 6:38 PM
Subject: hostap and compaq wl-200

> ok, i'm stumped.  i've tried three different versions of the hostap
> drivers (2002.09.12, 2002.10.12, and the CVS tarball fetched about an
> hour ago).  i get the same problem with them all.
>
> kernel version is 2.4.20
> wireless extensions patches v15 and v16 applied.  (same problem without
the patches)
> pcmcia-cs is 3.2.2  (i've also tried 3.1.33)
> wireless tools v25
> dist is debian (unstable, from my local mirror last updated about a week
ago)
>
>
> the hardware is an Intel BX motherboard with a  P2-233 and 128MB.  1
> ethernet card, and 2 compaq WL200 wireless cards.  (i get the same
> problem with only one card installed).
>
>
> any clues or pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
>
>
> dmesg shows pcmcia-cs starts up OK:
>
> Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.2
>   kernel build: 2.4.20 unknown
>   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
> Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 01:00.0
>   Cirrus PD6729 rev 00 PCI-to-PCMCIA at slot 00:0d, port 0x1430
>     host opts [0]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
>     host opts [1]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
>     ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,12 polling interval = 1000 ms
> PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0e.0
>   Cirrus PD6729 rev 00 PCI-to-PCMCIA at slot 00:0e, port 0x1434
>     host opts [0]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
>     host opts [1]: [ring] [1/5/0] [1/20/0]
>     ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,12 polling interval = 1000 ms
> cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
>
>
> the hostap driver loads ok. it recognises but fails to initialise the
> cards.  looks like it can't get or set any config data from them.
>
> i suspect (but am far from sure) that it may be some IRQ weirdness.
> note that pcmcia-cs above detects IRQs 11 and 10, while hostap_cs below
> ends up using IRQs 3 and 5.    or this may be perfectly normal for these
> pci-to-pcmcia adaptors.  dunno.
>
>
> hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
> hostap_cs: 0.0.0 CVS (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
> hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
> hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
> prism2_config()
> hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (from config)
> Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
> Config has no IRQ info, but trying to enable IRQ anyway..
> IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
> io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x3c0-0x3df
0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0380-0x03bf: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04cf: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x04d8-0x04ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
> hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
> prism2_hw_init()
> prism2_hw_config: initialized in 9168 iterations
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=0)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: command was not completed (res=0, entry=c4074da0,
type=0, cmd=0x0021, param0=0xfd0b)
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd0b, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component NIC
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=0)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: command was not completed (res=0, entry=c4074da0,
type=0, cmd=0x0021, param0=0xfd02)
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd02, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component PRI
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd20, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component STA
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd20, len=8)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc01, len=6)
> wlan0: could not get own MAC address
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_set_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS_WRITE failed (res=-110, rid=fc00,
len=2)
> wlan0: Port type setting to 6 failed
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: MAC port 0 enabling failed
>
>
> same thing for the wlan1 card.
>
>
> hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
> hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
> prism2_config()
> hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (from config)
> Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
> Config has no IRQ info, but trying to enable IRQ anyway..
> IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
> io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
> hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 5, io 0x0140-0x017f
> hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan1
> prism2_hw_init()
> prism2_hw_config: initialized in 9171 iterations
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=0)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: command was not completed (res=0, entry=c4074da0,
type=0, cmd=0x0021, param0=0xfd0b)
> wlan1: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd0b, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component NIC
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=0)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: command was not completed (res=0, entry=c4074da0,
type=0, cmd=0x0021, param0=0xfd02)
> wlan1: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd02, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component PRI
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan1: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd20, len=8)
> Could not get RID for component STA
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan1: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd20, len=8)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan1: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc01, len=6)
> wlan1: could not get own MAC address
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan1: hfa384x_set_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS_WRITE failed (res=-110, rid=fc00,
len=2)
> wlan1: Port type setting to 6 failed
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4074da0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan1: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan1: MAC port 0 enabling failed
>
>
>
>
> not surprisingly, any attempt to use iwconfig results in the same
> errors:
>
> hanuman:~# iwconfig wlan0 essid foo
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>
>
> ...
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc09, len=2)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c74bb7a0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c74bb7a0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd48, len=2)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c74bb7a0, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd43, len=6)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 1000 usec
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c74bb760, type=0, res=-1)
> wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wlan0: hfa384x_set_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS_WRITE failed (res=-110, rid=fc02,
len=34)
>
>
>
>
> thanks for any help, suggestions, or ideas.
>
>
> craig
>
>
> --
> craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>
>
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