Scan works for me, can you plz send the output of dmesg during ath5k initialization ?
2007/12/1, Jagadish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Thanks for help. > I downloaded wireless-2.6 git kernel, configured mac80211 and atheros > 5xxx support and compiled. After booting into that kernel, I found that > ath5k driver was installed successfully. > But, if I try to scan, driver is not giving scan results. After doing > "iwlist ath0 scan", I am getting "No scan results" on command prompt. I > found that the data buffer (wrq.data.length) length in iwlist.c source > file after returning from SIOCGIWSCAN ioctl is 0. This means driver is > not sending scan results. > > Please help me solve this problem. Is scan working in ath5k? > > thanks, > Jagadish > > Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 09:56 +0530, Jagadish wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am new to ath5k mailing list. I downloaded wireless-2.6 git > >> repository. I compiled the wireless-2.6 kernel(which is 2.6.24-rc3). But > >> I am unable to boot with this kernel. I am getting the following error > >> while booting. > >> > >> "Waiting for device /dev/sda1 to appear: not found exiting." > >> After this I am getting a shell prompt which has minimal commands and > >> temporary file system. > >> > > > > This problem has nothing to do with ath5k. Your kernel is not > > configured correctly for your hardware. Most likely, you didn't enable > > the driver for your disk controller. Or maybe you enabled CONFIG_IDE > > instead of CONFIG_ATA, so that your hard drive appears as /dev/hda, but > > the startup scripts expect /dev/sda. Or maybe you compiled the driver > > as a module, but it wasn't copied to the initial ramdrive. > > > > > >> All this effort is to test ath5k driver. Am I going in correct > >> procedure? If not please suggest me how to install ath5k driver and test > >> it. My current kernel version is 2.6.16. > >> > > > > That's a very old kernel that won't be supported by the compat-wireless > > package, so perhaps you should upgrade anyway. Check if your distro > > offers kernel updates. Distribution kernels are made to work on a wide > > variety of hardware. > > > > Or fix the kernel you are compiling. But you need to ask questions in > > the right places and with sufficient context. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ath5k-devel mailing list > ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org > https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel > -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
