[semi OT] Prism54 firmware loading

[Jesse Keating]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 23:57 +0200, Ziga Mahkovec wrote:
> The module.agent warnings are usually moot.  

Oh bother, and here I thought that was the key.

> What's interesting is that
> no firmware event is generated here.  So this is probably a driver
> problem.  Maybe you can get it to produce more verbose logs (it's
> usually a "debug=something" option to modprobe).

Thats what I thought.  I added pc_debug=5 and got what is below...

> Also, since the net agent is called, do you actually see the interface
> created?  Check 'ifconfig -a' and 'cat /proc/net/wireless'.

Well, sortof, but not really.  Here is the output of iwconfig:

eth1      NOT READY!  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Tx-Power=31 dBm   Sensitivity=0/200
          Retry min limit:0   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


Apr 21 15:09:10 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5090]: arguments (net) env
(PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 SUBSYSTEM=net OLDPWD=/
DEVPATH=/class/net/eth1 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=remove
PWD=/etc/hotplug UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/
PHYSDEVDRIVER=prism54 INTERFACE=eth1 DEBUG=yes PHYSDEVBUS=pci SEQNUM=633
_=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:10 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5090]:
invoke /etc/hotplug/net.agent ()
Apr 21 15:09:11 dhcp-181 net.agent[5090]: invoke ifdown eth1
Apr 21 15:09:11 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5103]: arguments (drivers) env
(SUBSYSTEM=drivers OLDPWD=/ DEVPATH=/bus/pci/drivers/prism54
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=remove PWD=/etc/hotplug
UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEBUG=yes
SEQNUM=634 _=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:11 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5103]: no
runnable /etc/hotplug/drivers.agent is installed
Apr 21 15:09:11 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5111]: arguments (module) env
(SUBSYSTEM=module OLDPWD=/ DEVPATH=/module/prism54
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=remove PWD=/etc/hotplug
UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEBUG=yes
SEQNUM=635 _=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:11 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5111]: no
runnable /etc/hotplug/module.agent is installed
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5170]: arguments (module) env
(SUBSYSTEM=module OLDPWD=/ DEVPATH=/module/prism54
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=add PWD=/etc/hotplug
UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEBUG=yes
SEQNUM=636 _=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5170]: no
runnable /etc/hotplug/module.agent is installed
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] ->
GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5180]: arguments (drivers) env
(SUBSYSTEM=drivers OLDPWD=/ DEVPATH=/bus/pci/drivers/prism54
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=add PWD=/etc/hotplug
UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/ DEBUG=yes
SEQNUM=637 _=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5187]: arguments (net) env
(PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0 SUBSYSTEM=net OLDPWD=/
DEVPATH=/class/net/eth1 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin ACTION=add
PWD=/etc/hotplug UDEV_LOG=3 MANAGED_EVENT=1 UDEVD_EVENT=1 SHLVL=1 HOME=/
PHYSDEVDRIVER=prism54 INTERFACE=eth1 DEBUG=yes PHYSDEVBUS=pci SEQNUM=638
_=/bin/env)
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5180]: no
runnable /etc/hotplug/drivers.agent is installed
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 default.hotplug[5187]:
invoke /etc/hotplug/net.agent ()
Apr 21 15:09:17 dhcp-181 net.agent[5187]: invoke ifup eth1

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