Bug 114778

Summary: acx_pci module not loading in beta4
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Kirk Coombs <kcoombs>
Component: NetworkAssignee: Joachim Gleissner <joachim.gleissner>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Major    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Beta 4   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description Kirk Coombs 2005-09-01 16:37:57 UTC
I am trying to get my atheros-based wifi card working in beta4, just as it did  
in 9.3.  To do so, I copied the firmware files from 9.3 to beta4 (no YOU  
update available yet), and placed them in /lib/firmware/.    
  
'ls /lib/firmware' shows:  
  
.  
..  
FwRad16.bin                       <-- atheros driver  
FwRad17.bin                       <-- atheros driver  
digiface_firmware.bin  
digiface_firmware_rev11.bin  
ea  
isdn  
mixart  
multiface_firmware.bin  
multiface_firmware_rev11.bin  
pcxhr  
vx  
  
Then, I try to load the acx_pci module.  First I rmmod it, then modprobe it  
('modprobe acx_pci').  
  
The kernel messages show the following:  
  
Sep  1 00:36:12 linux kernel: acx_pci: module not supported by Novell, setting  
U taint flag.  
Sep  1 00:36:12 linux kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 20  
(level, low) -> IRQ 169  
Sep  1 00:36:12 linux kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:08.0  
disabled  
Sep  1 00:36:12 linux kernel: acx_pci: probe of 0000:00:08.0 failed with error  
-5  
  
Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?  This worked in 9.3.  I have  
already run YaST prior to this to configure the /etc/sysconfig/network/ files.
Comment 1 Joachim Gleissner 2005-09-01 16:43:43 UTC
Atheros devices are driven by ath_pci, not acx_pci. The latter one is for  
Texas Instruments ACX100/111 devices. But it shouldn't be necessary to load 
drivers manually anyway. What kind of wireless hardware do you have? (Please 
attach 'hwinfo --netcard' output. 
Comment 2 Ioana Josephine Ciuca 2005-09-03 12:44:40 UTC
Althgough acx100/111 drivers do compile with latest kernel, are they actually
compatible with it? Drivers load, but crash afterwards, when initialising radio
(or so I believe). With previous kernel version worked fine.
Comment 3 Stefan Behlert 2005-11-24 10:52:58 UTC
comment #2 has nothing to do with this bug. The request for hwinfo was 2 months ago, no reaction since then, so we are closing this.
Please reopen once you have the requested information, thanks.