Configuration problem

[Tom Perkins]

I've tracked the problem to an issue with the following code.

netif_device_present is a macro testing bit 0(zero) of dev->start. This 
fails prior to an ifconfig (ie, in particular after card insertion). 
When I replace the "return" solely with a "printk" I get a log and the 
expected operation of the ioctl. This solves my immediate problem. I'll 
investigate further when time permits next week.

Regards,
Tom

BTW, I started with basic package source code. I only upgraded to try 
and fix the problem. I'm using the 2.2.20 kernel because I'm adding 
wireless support to my gateway. I need the 2.2.x kernels because of the 
multiple VPN client connection patch support in IPMASQ.

orinoco_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
{
         struct orinoco_private *priv = dev->priv;
         struct iwreq *wrq = (struct iwreq *)rq;
         int err = 0;
         int changed = 0;

         TRACE_ENTER(dev->name);

         /* In theory, we could allow most of the the SET stuff to be
          * done In practice, the laps of time at startup when the card
          * is not ready is very short, so why bother...  Note that
          * netif_device_present is different from up/down (ifconfig),
          * when the device is not yet up, it is usually already
          * ready...  Jean II */
         if (! netif_device_present(dev))
                 return -ENODEV;

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Pavel Roskin wrote:

> Hi, Tom!
> 
> 
>>The pcmcia 3.1.33 package is using orinoco 0.09b. I put wireless.14.h as 
>>wireless.h into /usr/src/linux/include/linux. /usr/include/linux is 
>>linked to /usr/src/linux/include/linux. I thought that was all. Is there 
>>anything else?
>>
> 
> I think you shouldn't change wireless.h in the kernel sources.  If you do,
> then you probably should recompile the kernel.
> 
> Stick with whatever version of wireless extension your kernel comes with.  
> Recompile wireless tools against the kernel sources.  Make sure your
> /usr/local/asm and /usr/local/linux point to your current kernel sources.
> 
> You didn't mention the version of Wireless Tools.  Make sure it's the
> latest version.  And by the way, what's the version of wireless extensions
> in 2.2.20 kernel?  Not everybody will download many megabytes just to
> check something that you can trivially find out (although I often do 
> exactly that when I'm in the office).
> 
> The latest version of the Orinoco driver is 0.11b.  It's included with the 
> latest beta of pcmcia-cs, which works just fine for me.  I haven't seen 
> problems like yours in the older drivers, but if it's driver related 
> (e.g. compatibility with 2.2.x kernels), your time is better spent 
> testing the current driver.
> 
>