[lwlan-user] prism2dl: what HFA384x_PDA_BASE use? How to solve "failed to find PDR for plugrec"?

[Joerg Albert]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Iñigo Lopez Barranco wrote:

Jörg wrote:
>> Maybe your card is already dead and it's time for genesis mode
>> (I've never done this, only read some instructions) ?
>> Does it still work with normal Linux/Windows drivers?

> Well, I've tried to make it work with latest USR drivers on win98 and USR wireless LAN utility, but when I click on enable radio, it answers "unable to comunicate with device driver. Status=10.0".
> I don't know if it worked previously as I never tried it on windows (I took the card from a windows PC but I think it wasn't working).
> What is that genesis mode? A new name for "go buy a new card"? :)

Does wlan-ng driver still work with the card (or at least displays the fw
versions on startup)?
AFAIK genesis mode is a way to resurrect cards damaged by failed fw
downloads. It involves connecting a certain pin of the PCMCIA connector
to Vcc. Look here for more (or google for "genesis mode" yourself):

http://sisyphus.iocaine.com/pipermail/hostap/2003-April/002446.html
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2003-April/002240.html
http://lists.shmoo.com/pipermail/hostap/2003-April/002225.html

(I've never done this - only read about.)

/Jörg

P.S. Using correct quote signs and lines < 80 chars would make your
replies more readable (IMHO).