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Bug 58952 - iwconfig shows "ath0 no wireless extensions." using madwifi drivers with AR5212 wireless card
Summary: iwconfig shows "ath0 no wireless extensions." using madwifi drivers with...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE)
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Reported: 2004-07-30 17:12 UTC by ozstriker78
Modified: 2004-09-16 17:06 UTC (History)
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Description ozstriker78 2004-07-30 17:12:07 UTC 
I cannot configure my wirless ethernet controller using wireless-tools.

Here is what lspci shows:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device cab3 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4347 (rev 01)
0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4348 (rev 01)
0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4345 (rev 01)
0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SMBus (rev 18)
0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4349
0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 434c
0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4342
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 434d (rev 01)
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4437
0000:02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
0000:02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
0000:02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

Here's what uname -a shows:

Linux tuxlaptop 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 #10 SMP Fri Jul 30 20:42:43 GMT 2004 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux


Here's what dmesg shows after running modprobe ath_pci:

wlan: 0.7.3.2 BETA
ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.9.13
ath_pci: 0.8.6.1 BETA
ath_pci: 0.8.6.1 BETA
Setup queue (0) for WME_AC_BK
Setup queue (1) for WME_AC_BE
Setup queue (2) for WME_AC_VI
Setup queue (3) for WME_AC_VO
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 5ghz radio 4.6
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:90:96:ba:a6:f7
ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xd0010000, irq=17

Here's what iwconfig shows after loading the ath drivers:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

ath0      no wireless extensions.




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge madwifi-driver
2. modprobe ath_pci
3. iwconfig



Expected Results:  
I should be able to see ath0 come up as a wireless device so that I can
configure it to work on the wireless network
Comment 1 solar (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-09-06 12:38:50 UTC 
madwifi-driver-0.1_pre20040906 and madwifi-tools-0.1_pre20040906 
are both in the tree now. This should work for everybody.

emerge rsync
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge madwifi-driver madwifi-tools

Please test and CLOSE appropriate bugs if this solves the problem anybody was
having.
Comment 2 ozstriker78 2004-09-16 17:06:25 UTC 
it works now ;)