Spurious IRQ 7/ 5.0V card

gaurav dawra openapproject
Mon Jul 26 16:17:58 PDT 2004


Well brian there is way to allot IRQ's but not for IRQ 7 as there was 
notthing mentioned in front. It is saying that select yes or no in bios. I 
did 'yes' and tried but still irq 7 (spurious irqi 7 came) with linksys wpc 
11 card.

Well but i find something interesting though, that if i try to load NETGEAR 
card which is again 5.0 card by doing .

modprobe hostap
modprobe hostap_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1

and now push the card in the socket.

Do dmesg:

No SPURIOUS IRQ 7 is found. But still the system hangs after abt some 20-25 
sec.I  Cannot do "iwconfig" but ifconfig for some time works fine, after 
that system halts or stalls.


Same with my earlier working, when i tried to load hostap using the above 
procedure :senao NL2511 card(3.3V) , no spurious IRQ 7 was found, but again 
the system just stalls. Nothing can be done except reboot.

Is this a hint to the right direction, is there is some hope :)

--Gaurav


>From: "Brian Sturgill" <zen_hacker at hotmail.com>
>To: openapproject at hotmail.com
>Subject: RE: Spurious IRQ 7/ 5.0V card
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:54:30 +0000
>
>Is there any way to set irq's in the bios on your embedded machine? That 
>may be your only hope. The bios may assign irq7 to the port whether you 
>tell linux to use it or not. There may be an update to the bios for the 
>board out there also. Let me know if you find anything in the bios...
>
>Brian
>
>
>>From: "gaurav dawra" <openapproject at hotmail.com>
>>To: jkmaline at cc.hut.fi
>>CC: hostap at shmoo.com
>>Subject: Spurious IRQ 7/ 5.0V card
>>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 18:33:32 +0000
>>
>>Hey Jouni
>>
>>Here is what i did.I tried 5.0 V (COMPAQ WL11 card) with orinoco.o driver, 
>>it worked, just fine.
>>
>>But when i tried to put , NOT the same card but 5.0 V LINKSYS WPC11 card 
>>with hostap_cs.o using this:
>>
>>modprobe hostap
>>modprobe hostap_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1(just to play safe)
>>
>>I see modules are loaded:
>>
>>here is the dmesg :
>>Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.7
>>kernel build: 2.4.20 #2 Tue Jun 21 06:36:59 MDT 2005
>>options:  [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
>>Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
>>Cirrus PD672x rev 00 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00
>>  host opts [0]: [ring] [65/6/3] [1/15/3]
>>  host opts [1]: [ring] [65/6/3] [1/15/3]
>>  ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,11 polling interval = 1000 ms
>>==>bridge is detected.
>>cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: clean.
>>hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
>>hostap_cs: 0.2.1 - 2004-05-06 (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
>>hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
>>hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
>>hostap_cs: setting Vcc=50 (from config)
>>===>spurious 8259A interrupt:IRQ 7 <=========
>>Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
>>io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x037f: esxcluding 0x110-0x11f 0x378-ox37f
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0400-0x04ff: excluding 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
>>hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
>>hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
>>prism2_hw_init: initialized in 200 ms
>>wifi0: NIC: id=0x801b v1.0.0
>>wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0
>>wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.2
>>wifi0: defaulting to host-based encryption as a workaround for firmware 
>>bug in Host AP mode WEP
>>wifi0: defaulting to bogus WDS frame as a workaround for firmware bug in 
>>Host AP mode WDS
>>wifi0: Warning: secondary station firmware version 1.4.2 does not seem to 
>>work in Host AP mode
>>wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
>>
>>[root at localhost root]# ifconfig
>>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0D:56:3B:CE:61
>>         inet addr:153.90.196.95  Bcast:153.90.199.255  Mask:255.255.248.0
>>         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>         RX packets:24327 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
>>         TX packets:1814 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1638
>>         collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>>         RX bytes:4505465 (4.2 Mb)  TX bytes:278266 (271.7 Kb)
>>         Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000 Memory:faffe000-fafff080
>>
>>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>>         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>>         RX packets:3138 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>         TX packets:3138 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>         collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>         RX bytes:265134 (258.9 Kb)  TX bytes:265134 (258.9 Kb)
>>
>>
>>NO WLAN0 Device registered. if i do 'iwconfig' IT JUST HANGS after this:
>>
>>[root at localhost root]# iwconfig
>>lo        no wireless extensions.
>>
>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
>>
>>Warning: Driver for device wifi0 has been compiled with version 14
>>of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15.
>>Some things may be broken...
>>
>>CUD NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AFTER THIS, I HAVE TO RESTART THE SYSTEM
>>cardctl eject command will not even work.
>>( I am sending this email from some other computer)
>>---------------------------------
>>I DID THE SAME PROCEDURE WITH NETGEAR 5.0 V PCMCIA card with same results.
>>---------------------------------
>>NOW i tried to load the 3.3V card (Senao NL2511)
>>
>>modprobe hostap
>>modprobe hostap_cs ignore_cis_vcc=1
>>
>>hostap_cs: 0.2.2 - 2004-05-31 (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
>>hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
>>hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
>>hostap_cs: setting Vcc=50 (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
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x037f: esxcluding 0x110-0x11f 0x378-ox37f
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0400-0x04ff: excluding 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
>>cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
>>hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
>>hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
>>prism2_hw_init: initialized in 200 ms
>>==>NO SPURIOUS IRQ7 HERE<==
>>wifi0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0
>>wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0
>>wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.9
>>wifi0: defaulting to bogus WDS frame as a workaround for firmware bug in 
>>Host AP mode WDS
>>wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
>>
>>BUT if i do iwconfig    after this : it just HANGS.
>>------------------------------------
>>All i can do at this point is to restart the system.
>>
>>i looked into my /etc/pcmcia/config.opts file and the IRQ 7 is excluded , 
>>i also excluded IRQ from it.
>>and other which are excluded by default.
>>
>>i do not know how should i make this working. I believe there is something 
>>to do with the IRQ problem. As i also read your conversation earlier on 
>>SPURIOUS IRQ 7 with jun.
>>
>>
>>I hope i am more clear this time on what i am doing. All these cards which 
>>i tested above work fine with my laptop.
>>
>>I will appreciate some useful hints and the direction to move forward. 
>>Also just to mention if i start 'cardmgr' instead of loading modules using 
>>'modprobe' system just hangs.
>>
>>I will be looking forward to some quick response.
>>
>>--Gaurav
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>
>>>To: hostap at shmoo.com
>>>Subject: Re: VCC_mismatch: VCC_ignore NOT working!!Help
>>>Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 07:58:34 -0700
>>>
>>>On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 07:58:58AM +0000, gaurav dawra wrote:
>>>
>>> > load it on a *PC104* module with PCMIA adpater on it.  Well bridge 
>>>from
>>> > ISA/PCMCIA has been detected and that adapter working fine with 
>>>orinoco
>>> > drivers but has some issues with hostap_cs driver. well i understand a 
>>>bit
>>>
>>> > I am using i82365 and ds module. I also tried to load the card with 
>>>this
>>> > "ignore_cis_vcc=1"
>>> > # Optional configuration parameters for hostap_cs.o
>>> > # module "hostap_cs" opts "channel=3 iw_mode=3 essid=test 
>>>ignore_cis_vcc=1"
>>> >
>>> > But it is still not working, well looking at 'dmesg' suggest that 
>>>there is
>>> > a clear VCC mismatch but why the vcc_ignore not working.
>>>
>>>How about sending that 'dmesg' output, too?
>>>
>>> > hostap_cs should ignore the vcc and load the services. The socket does
>>> > support, "compaq WL110" based on hermes chipset and work with 
>>>'orinoco_cs.o
>>> > '  which is a 5.0 V card. But it does not work with hostap_cs with 
>>>Senao
>>> > Card. Why is VCC ignore not working?
>>>
>>>This is confusing.. Did you or did you not use the _same_ card with
>>>orinoco_cs.o when you mentioned above that the adapter was working? In
>>>other words, have been able to use any 3.3V card on this board with any
>>>driver?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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