Correct way of using the orinoco_cs driver

Mike O'Connor mike at pineview.net
Tue Feb 5 17:36:52 EST 2002


Hi David

Sorry I was just to busy getting ready to leave for QLD to find the 
errors message in the logs.
I'll do my best to find them and email them while at the linux.conf

Mike



David Gibson wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 07:21:28PM +1030, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>
>>Hi David
>>
>>The current source will compile, if you put it in the Linux wireless
>>directory in the kernel tree.
>>
>
>This will work if you use the in-kernel PCMCIA drivers, it won't work
>if you try to use the David Hinds modules.
>
>>I does not work with the Zoomair 4100 I get a huge number of errors and no
>>traffic at the other end. (This is in ad-hoc mode)
>>
>
>Please try to be helpful.  What errors?
>
>>From: "David Gibson" <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>>To: <wireless at lists.samba.org>
>>Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:36 PM
>>Subject: Re: Correct way of using the orinoco_cs driver
>>
>>>On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 09:33:27PM +1030, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi all
>>>>
>>>>I have a zoomair 4100 which uses the prisim 2 chip set.
>>>>
>>>>I'm wondering what is the best way of install the current drivers from
>>>>david's site ?
>>>>
>>>>I have a kernel compile (2.4.18-pre4) on a powerbook g3. Up to now I
>>>>
>>have
>>
>>>>had a been using a 2mb zoomair card using the wlan driver. I'm trying to
>>>>
>>use
>>
>>>>the new orinoco drive because I get the 'error -16 writing header to
>>>>
>>BAP'
>>
>>>>message.'
>>>>
>>>>I'm getting a message saying "orinoco_cs: Card Service release does not
>>>>match!". I have look arround the net and found a lot of mention of this
>>>>problem but no real explaintion on how to fix it.
>>>>
>>>I think you're compiling the driver against the kernel's pcmcia
>>>headers, but using the David Hinds pcmcia-cs modules.  You'll need to
>>>recompile the driver against the pcmcia-cs headers.  To do that edit
>>>the Makefile to point to the pcmcia-cs include directories before the
>>>kernel's.
>>>
>>>Or else just use the version included in the pcmcia-cs package.
>>>
>







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