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USrobotics 5416 wlan card - Wrong firmware picked

Bug #48107 reported by Joris Guisson
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linux (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
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linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
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linux-source-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
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Bug Description

I just upgraded to dapper, was pleased that it had support for my wireless lan card. However it picks the wrong firmware images. My card is a US robotics 5416 (Texas Instruments ACX 111 chipset, it's a PCI card not a USB dongle)

kubuntu picks firmware version 2.3.1.31, that didn't work so I modprobed with firmware_ver=1.2.0.30 and that worked right away.

Relevant part of lspci -vv :
0000:01:05.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
        Subsystem: Unknown device 010e:16ec
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 66
        Region 0: Memory at fdefe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Region 1: Memory at fdec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME

Relevant part of lspci -vvn :
0000:01:05.0 0280: 104c:9066
        Subsystem: 010e:16ec
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 0x08 (32 bytes)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 66
        Region 0: Memory at fdefe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Region 1: Memory at fdec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0

Btw, how do I ensure that at boot time the correct firmware images are chosen ?

Tags: cft-2.6.27
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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote :

Is this still a problem ?

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Joris Guisson (joris-guisson) wrote : Re: [Bug 48107] Re: Wrong firmware picked for us robotics 5416 wlan cards

Don't know, I'm still on dapper, haven't tried edgy yet.

Joris,

On 12/13/06, Vassilis Pandis <email address hidden> wrote:
> Is this still a problem ?
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.15
>
> --
> Wrong firmware picked for us robotics 5416 wlan cards
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/48107
>

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Jouni Mettala (jouni-mettala) wrote : Re: Wrong firmware picked for us robotics 5416 wlan cards

This is still problem using Hardy. Texas Instruments ACX 111 chipset, it's a PCI card not a USB dongle here also.

We got it working using kernel 2.6.22-14 in Hardy and used firmware version 1.2.0.30.
sudo modprobe -r acx
sudo modprobe acx firmware_ver=1.2.0.30

restart networking:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Marking against later kernel.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux-source-2.6.24:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in linux-source-2.6.22:
status: New → Incomplete
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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Note: marked against 2.6.24 (for Hardy) but Launchpad reported this is binary package and set against Ubuntu(linux) instead.

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Can anyone else confirm this against later releases (preferably Gutsy and/or Hardy)?

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lionel47 (lionel-laratte) wrote :

I just installed Hardy and cannot get this card to work. Just tried Jouni Mettala's "modprobe" instructions and ended up with two messages:

RTNETLINK answers: No such process

and

SIOCDELRT: No such process

Any ideas?

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Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) wrote :

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

Ralph Janke (txwikinger)
Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
Changed in linux-source-2.6.22:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
Changed in linux:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Pete Graner (pgraner) wrote :

This won't be fixed, marking as such

Changed in linux:
status: Incomplete → Won't Fix
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