[Debian-eeepc-devel] Problems with Linux 2.6.26 and Madwifi

Paul Menzel paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net
Sun Aug 17 20:32:40 UTC 2008


Dear list,


today I wanted to get wifi working. I am running Linux 2.6.26. Since you
still need Madwifi [1], I added non-free to my /etc/sources.list and did

        sudo m-a a-i madwifi

which did everything for me. Afterward I pressed Fn + F2 to turn on
wifi. After a second the blue LED turned on, but turned off two or three
seconds later.

I than followed the hint in the Debian Wiki and added options pciehp
pciehp_force=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/pciehp [2].

Reading “Support for RF2425 is under development.”, I blacklisted the
athk5 module.

But everything to no avail. Output from dmesg.

        [ 1108.140738] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
        [ 1108.149098] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2660 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 1108.151426] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [ 1108.151468] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2662 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 1109.152054] pciehp: Device 0000:03:00.0 already exists at 3:0, cannot hot-add
        [ 1109.152075] pciehp: Cannot add device 0x3:0
        [ 1110.156054] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [ 1110.156109] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2664 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 1110.156227] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [ 1110.156257] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
        [ 1110.170106] pciehp: Card present on Slot(3)
        [ 1111.172607] program_fw_provided_values: Could not get hotplug parameters
        [ 1111.475500] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
        [ 1111.475528] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
        [ 1111.475554] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
        [ 1111.475608] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
        [ 1111.480259] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
        [ 1111.534944] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
        [ 1111.797750] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
        [ 1112.873806] pciehp: Card not present on Slot(3)
        [ 1112.912357] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
        
        …
        
        [ 3231.672880] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [ 3231.672980] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [ 3231.673034] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [ 3231.680723] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 unloaded
        [ 3231.733326] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
        [ 3231.740408] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2660 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 3231.742686] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [ 3231.742729] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2662 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 3232.744061] pciehp: Device 0000:03:00.0 already exists at 3:0, cannot hot-add
        [ 3232.744080] pciehp: Cannot add device 0x3:0
        [ 3233.750936] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [ 3233.750996] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2664 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 3233.751101] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [ 3233.751131] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
        [ 3233.756303] pciehp: Card present on Slot(3)
        [ 3234.760656] program_fw_provided_values: Could not get hotplug parameters
        [ 3234.760878] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
        [ 3234.760895] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
        [ 3234.760921] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
        [ 3234.761004] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy1'
        [ 3234.765638] ath5k phy1: Support for RF2425 is under development.
        [ 3234.901306] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
        [ 3234.902887] ath5k phy1: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
        [ 3234.956916] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
        [ 3234.960935] AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417)
        [ 3236.287445] pciehp: Card not present on Slot(3)
        [ 3236.328351] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
        
        …
        
        [ 4282.367996] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [ 4282.368120] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [ 4282.368180] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [ 4282.372705] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 unloaded
        [ 4282.425722] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
        [ 4282.432554] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2660 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 4282.433085] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [ 4282.433120] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2662 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 4283.436055] pciehp: Device 0000:03:00.0 already exists at 3:0, cannot hot-add
        [ 4283.436076] pciehp: Cannot add device 0x3:0
        [ 4284.440067] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [ 4284.440124] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2664 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [ 4284.440230] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [ 4284.440261] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
        [ 4284.457371] pciehp: Card present on Slot(3)
        [ 4285.460638] program_fw_provided_values: Could not get hotplug parameters
        [ 4285.581613] AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417)
        [ 4285.678006] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
        [ 4285.678035] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
        [ 4285.678062] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
        [ 4286.171643] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off.
        [ 4286.220733] wifi0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC 14.2, PHY SChip 7.0, Radio 10.2)
        [ 4286.253752] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xf8000000, irq=18
        [ 4286.296655] udev: renamed network interface ath0 to wlan0
        [ 4287.472173] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
        [ 4287.499877] pciehp: Card not present on Slot(3)


I even rebooted the EeePC :( Here are the messages from dmesg.

        [   18.579114] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
        [   18.586229] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2660 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   18.586506] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [   18.586538] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2662 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   19.588055] pciehp: Device 0000:03:00.0 already exists at 3:0, cannot hot-add
        [   19.588179] pciehp: Cannot add device 0x3:0
        [   20.592062] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [   20.592118] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2664 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   20.592352] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [   20.592382] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
        [   21.723620] atl2: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
        [   22.271576] NET: Registered protocol family 10
        [   22.272831] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
        [   22.435151] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
        [   22.514457] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
        [   23.893952] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
        [   28.313530] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
        [   28.322813] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
        [   28.322841] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
        [   28.323063] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
        [   32.628032] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
        [   91.380781] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [   91.380885] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [   91.380940] Unload service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [   91.385511] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 unloaded
        [   91.437666] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
        [   91.444372] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2660 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   91.444911] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.0:pcie02
        [   91.444947] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2662 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   92.448068] pciehp: Device 0000:03:00.0 already exists at 3:0, cannot hot-add
        [   92.448088] pciehp: Cannot add device 0x3:0
        [   93.452054] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.1:pcie02
        [   93.452109] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 2664 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
        [   93.452212] Load service driver hpdriver on pcie device 0000:00:1c.2:pcie02
        [   93.452242] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
        [   93.454818] pciehp: Card present on Slot(3)
        [   94.456651] program_fw_provided_values: Could not get hotplug parameters
        [   94.591983] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
        [   94.595882] AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417)
        [   94.674769] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
        [   94.674798] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
        [   94.674824] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
        [   95.168702] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off.
        [   95.449830] wifi0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC 14.2, PHY SChip 7.0, Radio 10.2)
        [   96.001215] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xf8000000, irq=18
        [   96.044475] udev: renamed network interface ath0 to wlan0
        [   97.212123] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:01:00.0 disabled
        [   97.239753] pciehp: Card not present on Slot(3)

        
        $ # after reboot
        $ lsmod 
        Module                  Size  Used by
        pciehp                 28540  0 
        pci_hotplug            23460  1 pciehp
        wlan_scan_sta          11200  0 
        ath_rate_sample        11008  0 
        wlan                  193040  2 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample
        ath_hal               300672  1 ath_rate_sample
        arc4                    1824  0 
        ecb                     2624  0 
        crypto_blkcipher       15236  1 ecb
        mac80211              139680  0 
        cfg80211               21576  1 mac80211
        nls_utf8                1760  1 
        nls_cp437               5568  1 
        vfat                    9152  1 
        fat                    40864  1 vfat
        nls_base                6820  4 nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat
        i915                   25280  2 
        drm                    65256  3 i915
        ppdev                   6468  0 
        parport_pc             22532  0 
        lp                      8164  0 
        parport                30988  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
        ipv6                  235204  14 
        loop                   12748  0 
        joydev                  8480  0 
        usbhid                 35904  0 
        hid                    33184  1 usbhid
        ff_memless              4392  1 usbhid
        uvcvideo               45288  0 
        compat_ioctl32          1312  1 uvcvideo
        videodev               27520  1 uvcvideo
        v4l1_compat            12260  2 uvcvideo,videodev
        psmouse                32336  0 
        rtc_cmos                8864  0 
        rtc_core               13724  1 rtc_cmos
        rtc_lib                 2816  1 rtc_core
        serio_raw               4740  0 
        i2c_i801                7920  0 
        iTCO_wdt                9508  0 
        i2c_core               19828  1 i2c_i801
        pcspkr                  2432  0 
        rng_core                3940  0 
        video                  16400  0 
        output                  2912  1 video
        battery                 6272  0 
        ac                      3264  0 
        snd_hda_intel         323640  0 
        snd_pcm_oss            32800  0 
        snd_mixer_oss          12320  1 snd_pcm_oss
        snd_pcm                62628  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
        snd_timer              17800  1 snd_pcm
        eeepc_laptop            7440  0 
        button                  6064  0 
        atl2                   22712  0 
        snd                    45604  5
        snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
        soundcore               6368  1 snd
        snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
        intel_agp              22300  1 
        agpgart                28776  3 drm,intel_agp
        evdev                   8000  10 
        usb_storage            75712  1 
        ext3                  105256  1 
        jbd                    39380  1 ext3
        mbcache                 7108  1 ext3
        sd_mod                 22200  4 
        ata_generic             4676  0 
        ata_piix               14180  1 
        ahci                   23176  0 
        libata                140416  3 ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci
        scsi_mod              129356  3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata
        dock                    8272  1 libata
        ide_pci_generic         3908  0 [permanent]
        ide_core               92628  1 ide_pci_generic
        ehci_hcd               28428  0 
        uhci_hcd               18672  0 
        usbcore               118160  6
        usbhid,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
        thermal                15228  0 
        processor              32548  2 thermal
        fan                     4164  0 
        thermal_sys            10856  4 video,thermal,processor,fan


Any ideas. I will appreciate any hints.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-eeepc-devel/2008-August/000619.html
[2] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Configure#head-7b20dbd395dc85ab2bbe201c8f2af0b7d71527bc
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