More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-18 Thread kala mazoo
I'm new to this list ~ greetings all round, I've been following the thread on the above card for a few days now -- as luck (or misfortune) would have it, I bought a number of these cards a couple of weeks agoI live in Australi

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-19 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:04:42 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > > 2008/3/19, kala mazoo : >> .but, I dunno for sure...yet

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-19 Thread kala mazoo
ribing patches needing to be included in various places - is this still the case? > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 March 2008 05:37:18 kala mazoo wrote: >> The kernel shipped with the deb3 release [linux-2.6.18-4-686]

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-21 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:18:02 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2.6.18 doesn't support 4318. Try 2.6.22 or 2.6.23 if you want proper > funct

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-21 Thread kala mazoo
you are saying is that I'll need hostapd even for that? Regards, Donald > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:03 AM, kala mazoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Date

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-21 Thread kala mazoo
G'day Larry. thanks for your imput here, > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:10:16 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-22 Thread kala mazoo
Greetings again, and the plot thickens .I was already thinking like Larry's posting, about how much I could actually trust this so called 'softAP' mode of the XP - asus driver&management suite, so probably right about the time Larry was typing that down, I'd concluded to buy a

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> Subject: RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:31:23 +0100 > > >> ...I'd be fairly sure that I shouldn't see this either ; >> >> wlan0: authenticate wi

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:04:09 +0100 > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sunday 23 March 2008 14:58:08 kala m

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:06 +0100 > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > > On Sunday 23 March 2008 15:1

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:08:46 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 >

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: More on ASUS WL-138G V2 > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:37:51 +0100 > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sunday 23 March 2008 15:53:27 kala mazoo wrote: >> ...

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-23 Thread kala mazoo
> > Are you running on x86_64? > Can you try booting without IOMMU support? > I think it's the commanline option iommu=0 or iommu=off or something like > that. > > The driver does not work on x86_64 with IOMMU. That's because the IOMMU > code is broken. (not a b43 bug) > > -- Hi Michael,

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-26 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, Although this will never be the point, I jammed one of these cards into a 32bit machine here (Via EPIA-TC) running linux-2.6.20 and using the bcm43xx driver codeand it would appear to be working. //associate with AP, WEP only. key=open// =

RE: More on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-03-26 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, As conjecture has been raised over how much of this might be architecture related, versus how much of it is the card's fault, I've done a few hours checking on both 32 & 64 bit machines here, and this is what I have found ; 32bitbcm43xxlinux-2.6.20 working

Re: Problems with PCI (not Cardbus) BCM43xx

2008-04-16 Thread kala mazoo
> Stefanik G?bor wrote: > Also, what radio is WL-138G V2 using? Is it the same radio as other > 4318/02 cards? Someone with a broken WL-138G V2 should check. > (With a broken one, since you need to remove the radio's cover.) I sent Larry the card, so this info should be good for his example as

ASUS WL-138G v2 working with different sprom values

2008-04-17 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, Following up on this idea of substituting sprom images; > Oops, sorry, here is the attached SPROM file.> > >On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Stefanik Gábor >wrote: > > Looks like this is an Asus-specific issue. Can you try flashing the > attached SPROM file (with

Query about 'ssb_sprom' utility

2008-04-19 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, I'd originally downloaded ssb_sprom from the git link on the b43 page. Initially the syntax / usage of ssb_sprom totally eluded me, so I went back and searched the mailling list for clues. It was there that I found a posting by Larry, being a patch for the README file of th

Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-04-22 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, Still using my 32bit machine fitted with this card and finding a couple of strange quirks. Current 'state of play' on this machine is as follows; linux-2.6.25 compat-wireless-2008-04-20 + Michael's patch series 'mb-wl-20080420-1630' rewrote original ssb_sprom image back

RE: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-04-22 Thread kala mazoo
> Subject: Re: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:24:16 +0200 > > >> Notice the lack of led devices registering here (as I mentione

RE: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-04-22 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:26:34 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Johannes Berg <[E

RE: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2

2008-04-23 Thread kala mazoo
> Subject: RE: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:42:45 +0200 > > > So let me get this straight, you have (topo

Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 on x86_64

2008-04-24 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, I've spent the last too many hours trying to recreate exactly what I'd done on the 32bit machine, on this box - an AMD/x2 64bit unit. The software instance installed is a 'pure_64bit' type with no 32bit compat at all. The board is using the nvidia CK804 chipset. Forgetting

RE: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 on x86_64

2008-04-26 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:14:11 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Feedback on ASUS WL-138G V2 on x86_64 > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:56 AM, kala mazoo wrote: >> <> >> >> A

ASUS WL-138G v2 / 64bit x86 / b43 working much better

2008-05-06 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, Apologies for previous noise about 2.6.24 ooopsing. It wasn't relevant.. As queried, I grabbed the (then) latest wireless-testing tree, and that compiled & loaded modules without the noted errors. The asus card worked, although in this case the rx/tx LED remains off the e

RE: ASUS WL-138G v2 / 64bit x86 / b43 working much better

2008-05-07 Thread kala mazoo
Greets, > Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 22:33:52 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: ASUS WL-138G v2 / 64bit x86 / b43 working much better > > <> > >> SPROM(0x64, LED 0 behaviour) = 0xFF >> SPRO

RE: ASUS WL-138G v2 / 64bit x86 / b43 working much better

2008-05-07 Thread kala mazoo
> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:18:32 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> Apparently there's more than just these bits in the sprom controlling the LED behaviour? Does anyone know what that might be? >>> I'm not sure what you should expect from