modprobe hostap_pci error with DWL-520 PCI

David Goodenough david.goodenough
Wed Jul 30 08:37:26 PDT 2003


On Wednesday 30 July 2003 16:10, Andrea G. Forte wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to set up an AP using a DWL-520 PCI card on a RH Linux 2.4.20
> kernel.
> Now, the PCI is version 2.1 and not 2.2 but I red on this mailing list of
> another guy that was able to use the same PCI card with PCI 2.1 with no
> problems.
> When I type "modprobe hostap_pci", the error I get is:
>
> init_module: no such a device
>
> insmod /lib/modules/....bla bla..../hostap_pci.o failed
>
> insmod hostap_pci failed
>
> I already recompiled the kernel.
> Anybody can help please???
> Andrea
>
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As I recall there are multiple different chips on DWL-520 cards, depending
on various mod levels of the card and on what DLink felt like putting on this
particular card.  Have a look on the card and see if you can identify the
major chips.

David




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