On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:04 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > How can I extract the manufacturer's device ID from the mini-pci wifi card? > > Or could someone at least point me to a working windws XP(32) > driver, since the Linux ath9k (Kernel 2.6.37) driver is unable to work with > this card. > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:52 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Michael Griepentrog >> <michael.griepent...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:29 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Michael Griepentrog >>> > <michael.griepent...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:34 PM, C Anthony Risinger >>> >> > <anth...@extof.me> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:07 PM, JD <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> > Dear all, >>> >> >> > I purchased an Atheros card from Ebay. It has AR9220/AR9223 >>> >> >> > chipsets. Apparently, the card is a no-brand made in China. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Linux kernel 2.6.37 builds ath9k drivers by default. >>> >> >> > But for some reason, I cannot get the kernel to see >>> >> >> > the device ath0. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> could be wrong here, but i don't think its called `ath0` anymore; >>> >> >> it's >>> >> >> `wlan0`. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> what does `iw list` show? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> or `dmesg | grep ath9k` >>> >> >> >>> >> >> need more infos. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> C Anthony >>> >> > >>> >> > Here's the info you asked for. >>> >> > I feel that perhaps the card is DOA >>> >> > >>> >> > Script started on Tue 11 Jan 2011 08:45:38 AM PST >>> >> > # lsmod | grep ath9k >>> >> > ath9k 73734 0 >>> >> > mac80211 182277 1 ath9k >>> >> > ath9k_common 1425 1 ath9k >>> >> > ath9k_hw 248760 2 ath9k,ath9k_common >>> >> > ath 10894 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw >>> >> > cfg80211 118155 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath >>> >> > # >>> >> > # iw list >>> >> > # iwconfig >>> >> > lo no wireless extensions. >>> >> > >>> >> > eth0 no wireless extensions. >>> >> > >>> >> > # iwlist >>> >> > Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning [essid NNN] [last] >>> >> > [interface] frequency >>> >> > [interface] channel >>> >> > [interface] bitrate >>> >> > [interface] rate >>> >> > [interface] encryption >>> >> > [interface] keys >>> >> > [interface] power >>> >> > [interface] txpower >>> >> > [interface] retry >>> >> > [interface] ap >>> >> > [interface] accesspoints >>> >> > [interface] peers >>> >> > [interface] event >>> >> > [interface] auth >>> >> > [interface] wpakeys >>> >> > [interface] genie >>> >> > [interface] modulation >>> >> > # iwlist ath0 >>> >> > iwlist: unknown command `ath0' (check 'iwlist --help'). >>> >> > # iwlist wlan0 >>> >> > iwlist: unknown command `wlan0' (check 'iwlist --help'). >>> >> > # dmesg | grep ath9 >>> >> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 >>> >> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: Failed to initialize device >>> >> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A disabled >>> >> > ath9k: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -22 >>> >> > # >>> >> > >>> >> > Script done on Tue 11 Jan 2011 08:46:37 AM PST >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > ath9k-devel mailing list >>> >> > ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >>> >> > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> You want to run "iw list", not "iwlist" (see: >>> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw). >>> >> >>> >> Does it show up under lspci or lsusb? It should considering the >>> >> modules are getting loaded correctly. >>> >> >>> >> -Michael Griepentrog >>> > >>> > Did you miss this: >>> > >>> > # dmesg | grep ath9 >>> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 >>> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: Failed to initialize device >>> > ath9k 0000:00:0b.0: PCI INT A disabled >>> > ath9k: probe of 0000:00:0b.0 failed with error -22 >>> > >>> > Also, you missed: >>> > # iw list <<<<< No output - i.e. no wireless interfaces found. >>> > # iwconfig >>> > lo no wireless extensions. >>> > >>> > eth0 no wireless extensions. >>> > >>> > iwconfig did not list any other available interface >>> > >>> > >>> >>> Yes, I did miss that :P. If you see something interesting in >>> lspci/lsusb, you may want to post it back to the mailing list. >>> >>> -Michael Griepentrog >> >> I thought I had provided that too, but here it is: >> >> # lspci | grep -i atheros >> 00:0b.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR922X Wireless >> Network >> >> It is not a USB device. >>
lspci -n will give the vendor and device IDs. Have you tried re-seating the card? Sometimes removing the card and reinserting it helps. -Brian _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
