killed card

[Mr. The Plague]

On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:33:30 +0800, Arnaud <kleinveld at pacific.net.sg> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Looks to me that you have a interrupt problem at another level than your card is
> operating. Try pci=biosirq or pci=noacpi as kernel parameter to see if that's
> the case. Or if you already use biosirq try using your acpi (irq routing) by
> enabling that in the kernel.
> 

In short, i think I might have to get a new card :(

I tried both of those options, and the prism2_srec tool still says
Connection timed out. I can't configure the card either. the dmesg
gives me these errors:

wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=e7f67e94, type=0, res=-1)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc84, len=2)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=e7f67c94, type=0, res=-1)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc84, len=2)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=e7f67c94, type=0, res=-1)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fc84, len=2)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8021
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=e7f67c94, type=0, res=-1)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110

> Regards,
> Arnaud
> 
> 
> 
> Mr. The Plague wrote:
> > Greetings all
> >
> > Gather around and I will tell you my sob story :(
> >
> > I was working on a machine that had no ethernet interface. So, I got
> > my senao NL2511CD plus EXT2 card and popped it into my linux box, and
> > got my OriNoco and popped it into the other box. I planned on
> > configuring the senao as an AP and using it to get access to my
> > laptop's wired ethernet.
> >
> > I found out that the other machine, a winME box, didn't have the
> > orinoco drivers. So when I went to ircp them over, i started fidgeting
> > with the irda modules at the same time as running several iwconfigs to
> > get the card into Master mode. The kernel paniced hard, something to
> > do with the irda things, but it interrupted an iwconfig. When I
> > rebooted, the card started giving me timeout errors like this.
> >
> > hostap_cs: CVS (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
> > hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
> > hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
> > hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (from config)
> > Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
> > IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
> > io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
> > hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
> > hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
> > prism2_hw_init: initialized in 194 ms
> > wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=e7f69d14, type=0, res=0)
> > wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: command was not completed (res=0, entry=e7f69d14,
> > type=0, cmd=0x0021, param0=0xfd0b, EVSTAT=8010 INTEN=0010)
> > wifi0: interrupt delivery does not seem to work
> > wifi0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fd0b, len=8)
> > Could not get RID for component NIC
> > hostap_cs: Initialization failed
> > prism2_config() failed
> >
> > I said, no biggie, and booted into windows (after finding a copy of
> > ntldr and ntdetect that got nuked from another ordeal with my
> > hibernation file) and decided to reflash the firmware, as a few sites
> > dealing with "interrupt delivery does not seem to work" suggested
> > doing that. They claimed to have finished completely, but the same
> > error happened in linux. (i don't know of any hostap implementation
> > for windows, and I don't have an access point handy to see if the card
> > works in 'doze).
> >
> > SO. A few other threads began involving the card's Genesis mode
> > (which, if I understand correctly, is kinda like cisco's RXBOOT mode
> > that allows you to load a new OS and have basic, basic features). Am I
> > going to have to use this last measure, or is there another way to get
> > this card good short of buying a new one?
> >
> > Thanks tons,
> > Pi/mtp