Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Aironet Driver Issues in 2.5.x Kernels | From | Tom Sightler <> | Date | 13 Apr 2003 21:56:25 -0400 |
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Hi all,
I've been trying various versions of the 2.5 kernel for that last few weeks on my laptop (a Dell C810, 1.13Mhz PIII, 512MB). The system has always proven to be difficult to get running because of needing the Nvidia binary drivers or the VMware network drivers. However, with recent 2.5.6x kernels the system has become very stable, even with these extra commercial drivers.
However, I do have one last problem, specifically the driver for the Aironet driver. I have a Aironet 350 PCMCIA card in this laptop, and I can get the card to work, but only with the Cisco utilities. If I try to use the iwconfig wireless utilities my system locks hard. Sometimes it generates an oops, but unfortunately I have never been able to capture it.
To make sure it was not related to PCMCIA I tried a 2.5.66 kernel on an old AMD K6-2 with a PCI version of the 350 and it had the same exact symptoms. This system has no special modules (like VMware or the nvidia drivers) so it should be a good test.
Is anyone else having similar problems? Are there any patches that I should try? I'll work harder at try to actually capture one of the oops reports (most of the time when I get them they have the binary drivers installed so I'm not sure how valuable they are).
I can also hang the system using the Cisco utilities as well but I have to work at it harder.
I'll be glad to help with any testing or provide as much information as I can gather.
Later, Tom
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