Ever since the gentoo-sources 2.6.19 kernel series was released, my ipw2200 wireless network card stopped working. It worked / works with the 2.6.18* kernel series. Output of dmesg after removing and reloading the ipw2200 module: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4km ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Unable to initialize device after 5 attempts. ipw2200: failed to register network device ipw2200: probe of 0000:06:04.0 failed with error -5 Relevant section of the kernel config: CONFIG_IPW2200=m CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR=y # CONFIG_IPW2200_RADIOTAP is not set # CONFIG_IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS is not set # CONFIG_IPW2200_QOS is not set # CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG is not set emerge --info: Portage 2.1.2_rc4-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0, 2.6.18-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.12.8 Last Sync: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:20:01 +0000 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31 dev-lang/python: 2.3.6, 2.4.4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17.50.0.8 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.14 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium-m -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium-m -momit-leaf-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors1.netvisao.pt/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo-pt.org/pub/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/xeffects" SYNC="rsync://atl64.acores.pt/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X acpi alsa alsa_cards_intel8x0 alsa_pcm_plugins_adpcm alsa_pcm_plugins_alaw alsa_pcm_plugins_asym alsa_pcm_plugins_copy alsa_pcm_plugins_dmix alsa_pcm_plugins_dshare alsa_pcm_plugins_dsnoop alsa_pcm_plugins_empty alsa_pcm_plugins_extplug alsa_pcm_plugins_file alsa_pcm_plugins_hooks alsa_pcm_plugins_iec958 alsa_pcm_plugins_ioplug alsa_pcm_plugins_ladspa alsa_pcm_plugins_lfloat alsa_pcm_plugins_linear alsa_pcm_plugins_meter alsa_pcm_plugins_mulaw alsa_pcm_plugins_multi alsa_pcm_plugins_null alsa_pcm_plugins_plug alsa_pcm_plugins_rate alsa_pcm_plugins_route alsa_pcm_plugins_share alsa_pcm_plugins_shm alsa_pcm_plugins_softvol apache2 apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dlloader dri dvd eds elibc_glibc emboss encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer iconv imlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kernel_linux libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU video_cards_vesa vorbis xml xorg xv zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Created attachment 105437 [details] Full kernel .config My .config for gentoo-sources 2.6.19-r2
Created attachment 105444 [details] Full 2.6.18 kernel config This is the .config file for the 2.6.18 kernel - ipw2200 works with this kernel
(In reply to comment #0) > Ever since the gentoo-sources 2.6.19 kernel series was released, my ipw2200 > wireless network card stopped working. It worked / works with the 2.6.18* > kernel series. > > Output of dmesg after removing and reloading the ipw2200 module: > > ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4km > ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> > IRQ 11 > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection > ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. > ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. > ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. > ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. > ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. > ipw2200: Unable to initialize device after 5 attempts. > ipw2200: failed to register network device > ipw2200: probe of 0000:06:04.0 failed with error -5 > > Relevant section of the kernel config: > > CONFIG_IPW2200=m > CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR=y > # CONFIG_IPW2200_RADIOTAP is not set > # CONFIG_IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS is not set > # CONFIG_IPW2200_QOS is not set > # CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG is not set Could you please enable the CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG and post what's in the logs then ?
After enabling the debug option, I get the following on dmesg: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4kdm ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:04.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out. ipw2200: Unable to initialize device after 5 attempts. ipw2200: failed to register network device ipw2200: probe of 0000:06:04.0 failed with error -5 If you notice carefully, the only difference to the previous output is on the end of the first line: km to kdm. What tests can I do or what logs can I check for more useful info?
The problem seems to be caused by an IRQ conflict that leads the kernel to disable IRQ11. To solve the issue, just pass the 'irqpoll' option to the kernel. Relevant section of dmesg: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4kdm ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels) [<f8f7575e>] (ipw_isr+0x0/0x244 [ipw2200]) ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting. grep 11 /proc/interrupts 11: 100000 XT-PIC-XT uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4, uhci_hcd:usb5, yenta, sdhci:slot0, sdhci:slot1, sdhci:slot2, ipw2200, fglrx
Created attachment 105857 [details] Full dmesg output for 2.6.18
Created attachment 105861 [details] Full dmesg output for 2.6.19-r2
Created attachment 105863 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.18
Created attachment 105865 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.19-r2
Created attachment 105875 [details] Full dmesg output for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll
Created attachment 105877 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll
Created attachment 105895 [details] Full dmesg output for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll and without fglrx
Created attachment 105899 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll and without fglrx
Created attachment 105905 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll and without fglrx (later)
Created attachment 105907 [details] /proc/interrupts for 2.6.19-r2 without irqpoll and without fglrx (even later)
> Ever since the gentoo-sources 2.6.19 kernel series was released, my ipw2200 > wireless network card stopped working. It worked / works with the 2.6.18* > kernel series. > Version 1.2.1 of ipw2200 has been released which seems to include a 2.6.19+ compatibility update. http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ Don't know if it fixes your particular problem, but it may be worth giving it a try. Cheers, Alan
After much debbuging with dsd's help - many thanks for your help and time - the kernel that didn't worked with ipw2200, started working. It seems my problems might have been caused by the kernel config. If the issue returns, I'll come back here.
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