[Debian-eeepc-devel] Toggle wifi on 901

[Artur R. Czechowski]

Hello,
With default files I can turn off wifi using Fn+F2, but I cannot turn it on.

Debian version: lenny

Installed software:
linux-image-2.6.26-1-686             2.6.26-4
rt2860-modules-2.6.26-1-686          1.7.0.0-1+2.6.26-4
eeepc-acpi-scripts                   1.0.4

When I try to turn on the wifi there is a lot of messages in dmesg:

Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.961885] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.968802] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 27d0 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.970301] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 27d2 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.970642] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 27d4 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.971280] pciehp: HPC vendor_id 8086 device_id 27d6 ss_vid 0 ss_did 0
Sep  7 20:28:04 jalapeno kernel: [  246.972168] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
Sep  7 20:28:05 jalapeno kernel: [  248.190855]
Sep  7 20:28:05 jalapeno kernel: [  248.190855]
Sep  7 20:28:05 jalapeno kernel: [  248.190855] === pAd = f8e61000, size = 580788 ===
Sep  7 20:28:05 jalapeno kernel: [  248.190855]
Sep  7 20:28:05 jalapeno kernel: [  248.190855] <-- RTMPAllocAdapterBlock, Status=0
Sep  7 20:28:06 jalapeno kernel: [  249.205817] RX DESC ef5f3000  size = 2048
Sep  7 20:28:06 jalapeno kernel: [  249.208225] <-- RTMPAllocTxRxRingMemory, Status=0

After some wild guesses and helpful suggestion from eptesicus I got things
working.

1. echo options pciehp pciehp_slot_with_bus=1 pciehp_force=1 > /etc/modprobe.d/for-wireless
2. echo pciehp >> /etc/modules
3. patch -p0 < toggle-wifi.diff

Patch for 3. is attached. It also changes names for module and interface.

It works like a charm on my 901.

Regards
	Artur
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