Thanks for the help - I figured it out... it was operator error. The evaluation board that I was using with the Marvell chip apparently just needed another connector plugged in for power. Once I plugged that in, the interface was available for me to bring up.
On Saturday, September 27, 2014 10:44:16 PM UTC-4, liyaoshi wrote: > > I am not sure about if 3.8.x kernel support marvel 8797 . > > In my previous experience , when "ifconfig -a" show nothing about your > adapter , try another newer version driver > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/ > > maybe you can try compat-wireless > > hope its be useful > > 2014-09-27 10:35 GMT+08:00 Brent <bren...@hotmail.com <javascript:>>: > >> Anyone have any ideas what else I could try? I'll try to contact the >> manufacturer, but have a feeling that won't go very far... >> >> >> On Monday, September 22, 2014 10:13:13 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >>> >>> Here is what I get when I run 'ip addr': >>> [root@alarm ~]# ip addr >>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN >>> group default >>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo >>> inet6 ::1/128 scope host >>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >>> 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast >>> state DOWN group default qlen 1000 >>> link/ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>> >>> I'm not sure if the driver needs ndiswrapper or not... how do I tell? I >>> did find the following website, but looks like it's for Ubuntu. >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/257600/marvells- >>> wireless-driver-not-recognized >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Don deJuan <donju...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/22/2014 06:15 PM, Brent wrote: >>>> >>>> Also, other USB to WiFi adapters work just fine. For example, I have >>>> one that uses the rtl8192cu driver, and this one creates a wlan0 interface >>>> automatically. Any ideas what would be causing this? >>>> >>>> On Monday, September 22, 2014 7:49:37 PM UTC-4, Brent wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have not done anything with udev yet... I read through the Wireless >>>>> netwrok configuration wiki, but didn't see anywhere on how to create the >>>>> interface. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_network_ >>>>> configuration#Interface_activation >>>>> >>>>> I'm starting to read the wiki on udev, but is that too general, or >>>>> do you know of something else I should be looking at? >>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev >>>>> >>>>> ip addr only lists eth0 and lo. >>>>> >>>>> [root@alarm ~]# ip addr >>>>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN >>>>> group default >>>>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 >>>>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo >>>>> inet6 ::1/128 scope host >>>>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >>>>> 2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc >>>>> pfifo_fast state DOWN group default qlen 1000 >>>>> link/ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Don deJuan <> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 09/22/2014 02:25 PM, Brent wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm having trouble getting the wlan0 interface to show up for a >>>>>> Marvell 8797 USB to WiFi chip, and it seems like everything should be >>>>>> working. I'm running Arch Linux Arm, 3.8.13 kernel, and have verified >>>>>> that >>>>>> the modules are loaded correctly, and that it recognizes the device, but >>>>>> still no wlan0 interface. I also verified that the firmware is indeed >>>>>> in >>>>>> the /lib/firmware/mrvl/ directory. Am I missing something obvious? >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is my output from dmesg, lsmod, and modinfo. >>>>>> >>>>>> [ 15.321430] usb usb1: usb wakeup-resume >>>>>> [ 15.321482] usb usb1: usb auto-resume >>>>>> [ 15.321503] hub 1-0:1.0: hub_resume >>>>>> [ 15.321551] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1: status 0101 change 0001 >>>>>> [ 15.424482] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0002 evt 0000 >>>>>> [ 15.424547] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1, status 0101, change 0000, 12 Mb/s >>>>>> [ 15.529900] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using >>>>>> musb-hdrc >>>>>> [ 15.650300] usb 1-1: default language 0x0409 >>>>>> [ 15.651367] usb 1-1: udev 2, busnum 1, minor = 1 >>>>>> [ 15.651387] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1286, >>>>>> idProduct=2043 >>>>>> [ 15.651399] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, >>>>>> SerialNumber=3 >>>>>> [ 15.651410] usb 1-1: Product: Marvell Wireless Device >>>>>> [ 15.651420] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Marvell >>>>>> [ 15.651430] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000 >>>>>> [ 15.651958] usb 1-1: usb_probe_device >>>>>> [ 15.651978] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >>>>>> [ 15.655328] usb 1-1: adding 1-1:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) >>>>>> [ 15.656222] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 1 chg 0000 evt 0002 >>>>>> [ 15.656269] hub 1-0:1.0: port 1 enable change, status 00000503 >>>>>> [ 15.787448] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory >>>>>> domain >>>>>> [ 15.811632] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface >>>>>> [ 15.811661] usb8797 1-1:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id >>>>>> [ 15.820715] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb8797 >>>>>> >>>>>> [root@alarm ~]# ifconfig -a >>>>>> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>>>>> inet 10.54.183.74 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast >>>>>> 10.54.183.255 >>>>>> inet6 fe80::caa0:30ff:feac:e319 prefixlen 64 scopeid >>>>>> 0x20<link> >>>>>> ether c8:a0:30:ac:e3:19 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) >>>>>> RX packets 11697 bytes 1387285 (1.3 MiB) >>>>>> RX errors 0 dropped 12 overruns 0 frame 0 >>>>>> TX packets 1117 bytes 148026 (144.5 KiB) >>>>>> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >>>>>> device interrupt 40 >>>>>> >>>>>> lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 >>>>>> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 >>>>>> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> >>>>>> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) >>>>>> RX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >>>>>> RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 >>>>>> TX packets 186 bytes 14214 (13.8 KiB) >>>>>> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 >>>>>> >>>>>> [root@alarm ~]# lsmod >>>>>> Module Size Used by >>>>>> mwifiex_usb 8870 0 >>>>>> mwifiex 123902 1 mwifiex_usb >>>>>> cfg80211 421700 1 mwifiex >>>>>> rfkill 18407 1 cfg80211 >>>>>> omap_rng 4599 0 >>>>>> autofs4 21976 2 >>>>>> >>>>>> [root@alarm ~]# modinfo mwifiex_usb >>>>>> filename: /lib/modules/3.8.13-34-ARCH/ke >>>>>> rnel/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/mwifiex_usb.ko.gz >>>>>> firmware: mrvl/usb8797_uapsta.bin >>>>>> license: GPL v2 >>>>>> version: 1.0 >>>>>> description: Marvell WiFi-Ex USB Driver version1.0 >>>>>> author: Marvell International Ltd. >>>>>> srcversion: 430F2EB6A43396FC9E1AE01 >>>>>> alias: usb:v1286p2044d*dc*dsc*dp*icFFiscFFipFFin* >>>>>> alias: usb:v1286p2043d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* >>>>>> depends: mwifiex >>>>>> intree: Y >>>>>> vermagic: 3.8.13-34-ARCH SMP mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8 >>>>>> [root@alarm ~]# >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Forgot to state use ip to find out your interface name. >>>>>> >>>>>> man ip >>>>>> >>>>>> ip addr >>>>>> -- >>>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>> the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>>>>> pic/beagleboard/duUM8Ezv7Kc/unsubscribe. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -brent >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> OK then that means they setup the udev rule on BBBs still I couldnt >>>> remember have not done a fresh install in awhile. >>>> >>>> what do you get with `ip addr` >>>> >>>> ifconfig is depreciated you should get use to ip with Arch. >>>> >>>> Is this a driver that needs ndiswrapper? If so you may need to >>>> blacklist it so the wrapper can grab it >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>> topic/beagleboard/duUM8Ezv7Kc/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -brent >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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