orinoco_cs problem with Symbol LA4111

[Alberto Schiavon]

HI!

I have a Symbol LA4111 Spectrum24 pcmcia card that doesn't acknowledge
the AP under linux, while working fine under windows. 

setup: Compaq presario 1800, Red hat 7.2, 

various tests:

o   	with stock kernel RH7.2 (2.4.7 rh): 
	the card is acknowledged but not configured 
	
	/var/adm/messages says:

Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: orinoco_cs.c 0.06 (David Gibson
<hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: Firmware ID 1F vendor 0x2 (Generic
Prism II) version 2.01
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported.
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode
supported.
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: WEP supported, 40-bit key.
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: MAC address 00:A0:F8:30:4E:E7
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: Station name "Prism  I"
Nov 10 00:29:38 shub kernel: eth1: ready
Nov 10 00:29:39 shub kernel: eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 7, io
0x0100-0x0147
Nov 10 00:29:39 shub kernel: hermes @ 0x100: Frame allocation command
failed (0x7F00).

# iwconfig eth1 essid "xxx"  -> no value accepted at all.



o	with kernel 2.4.13-0.5 (current rawhide): 
	PCMCIA ack, green led slowly blinking

	/var/adm/messages says

Nov 10 00:54:28 shub cardmgr[9387]: watching 1 sockets
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub cardmgr[9387]: initializing socket 0
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff:
clean.
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub cardmgr[9387]: socket 0: LA4111 Spectrum24 Wireless
LAN PC Card
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub cardmgr[9387]: executing: 'modprobe hermes'
Nov 10 00:54:28 shub cardmgr[9387]: executing: 'modprobe orinoco_cs'

# dmesg
hermes.c: 3 Oct 2001 David Gibson <hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
orinoco.c 0.08a (David Gibson <hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
orinoco_cs.c 0.08a (David Gibson <hermes at gibson.dropbear.id.au> and
others)
eth1: Station identity 001f:0002:0002:0001
eth1: Looks like a Symbol firmware version [V2.20-02c] (parsing to
22002)
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported.
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported.
eth1: WEP supported, "128"-bit key.
eth1: MAC address 00:A0:F8:30:4E:E7
eth1: Station name "Prism  I"
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 7, io 0x0100-0x0147


# cat /proc/interrupts
          CPU0       
  0:     143003          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       5211          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  5:          0          XT-PIC  ESS Solo1
  7:         14          XT-PIC  orinoco_cs
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
 11:      12611          XT-PIC  usb-uhci, eth0, Texas Instruments
PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
 12:         84          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:      59055          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:          0          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0 
ERR:          0


# iwconfig eth1 essid 101
# iwconfig eth1

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"101"  Nickname:"shub"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point:
00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:0/3  
          Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=0 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:134/153  Noise level:134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0
# iwpriv eth1 force_reset
# iwpriv eth1 set_preamble 1;iwpriv eth1 force_reset -> no difference
# iwpriv eth1 set_preamble 0;iwpriv eth1 force_reset -> no difference


i SWEAR that this bastard works under windows! I just flashed the AP
firmware to install the very latest sw release but nothing changed. (in
windows it worked before and after the upgrade)

strange enough, the loudspeakers of the notebook buzz approximately
every other second (very quietly)

any ideas?


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TIA
ciao
alberto