Re: h5550, familiar-0.8.0 and wlan

From: Philip Blundell <pb_at_reciva.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:22:36 +0000

On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 09:14 -0800, Erik Hovland wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:50:46AM +0000, Everard Brown wrote:
> > dmesg output:
> > at76c503-fw_skel.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver
> > v0.12beta22-static unloading
> > usb.c: deregistering driver at76c503-rfmd
> > at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.12beta22-static exit
> > at76_usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.12beta22-static
> > unloading
> > at76_usbdfu.c: USB Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) handler v0.12beta22-static
> > loading
> > at76c503.c: Generic Atmel at76c503/at76c505 routines v0.12beta22-static
> > at76c503-fw_skel.c: Atmel at76c503 (RFMD) Wireless LAN Driver
> > v0.12beta22-static loading
> > usb.c: registered new driver at76c503-rfmd
>
> There should be something here from the at76c503.c driver saying it
> attached to your device and it should spit out the wlan region (which it
> thinks is japan, but that is ok). And then the kernel should provide a
> wlan0 device for one to iwconfig and ifconfig.
>
> Strange your attempt doesn't do that.

This kind of problem normally means that the USB controller is in a bad
state. Check dmesg and see if it says something like "hub.c: 0 ports
found". If so, you need to remove the battery for a while to clear the
problem, then try booting again.

p.
Received on Tue Jan 25 2005 - 12:24:08 EST

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