[lwlan-user] got pcmciautils working, but now linux-wlan is not, ifconfig does not show device

[John H.]

yes, all modules are loaded every time, so  what am I missing?  Do i
need to edit some config file to bind, if that's what the issue is?

if I do pccardctl ident i get, after product info mentioning "the linksys group"

manfid: 0x0274, 0x1612

???  so why won't wlan0 show up ?



On 9/28/05, John H. <mistamaila at gmail.com> wrote:
> yes, prism2_cs is loaded.  so is pcmcia and p80211... i am guessing
> they are started by wlan? i dunno
>
>
>
> On 9/28/05, John H. <mistamaila at gmail.com> wrote:
> > pre9, actually.  i am pretty sure prism2_cs was loaded.  i will check
> > again when trying that kernel, but i am almost positive it was.
> >
> > On 9/28/05, solomon at linux-wlan.com <solomon at linux-wlan.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 06:58:26PM -0500, John H. wrote:
> > > > Ok, I got pcmciautils working, but now linux-wlan is not working. did the
> > > > device name change from wlan0 or something?
> > >
> > > It sounds like the device isn't being bound to the driver.
> > >
> > > Do you have module-init-tools 3.2-pre4 or newer?
> > >
> > > Is 'prism2_cs' loaded when you run 'lsmod' ?
> > >
> > >  - Solomon
> > >
> > > > pccardctl ident
> > > > Socket 0:
> > > > product info: "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wireless Network PC Card",
> > > > "ISL37300P", "RevA"
> > > > manfid: 0x0274, 0x1612
> > > > function: 6 (network)
> > > >
> > > > I had to use hotplug instead of udev, and I have this
> > > > /sys/bus/pcmcia/devices
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 27 18:54 0.0 ->
> > > > ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0/0.0
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > so that is my card, so why, after starting wlan like before, does wlan0 not
> > > > show up under ifconfig -a? did i need to change wlan.conf as well after the
> > > > upgrade to pcmciautils?
> > > >
> > > > looks like I am almost there, thanks!
> > >
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