D211 new linux driver 1.04 not working !!

[franz_meyer]

Hello,
we have tried the brand new driver for d211 card compiled for kernel 2.4 and gcc 3.2, it doesn load much better now , but still doesn't work with Red Hat Linux 8.0 !!

I am Red Hat France director, and i ask one of my linux engineer to do the configuration for me. He is quite skill full on linux, and followed your documentation and recommendation, and everything is going well from compilation to module load, but the card can not find the access point (ACTIONTEC).

I have tried the card on a MS windows laptop with the windows driver and the card works fine and find the access point immediately. so it doesn't comme form the compatibility between the access point and the card.

We have check several times the configuration, but it seems the card doesn't find any signal.

Can you help on that please ?

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR FEEDBACK

i attached hereunder all the logs, files, outputs i have on my machine :

WLAN NetDev =eth1
WLAN MAC =00:e0:03:08:70:f9
WLAN ChrDev =nokia_cs
WLAN ChMajor=253
WLAN ChMinor=0
GSM TTYDev =ttyNC0
GSM ChMajor =204
GSM ChMinor =42
Tx_packets_in_queue=0
Tx_packets_dropped=5
Netif_stopped=0
GSM status =off
WLAN status =initialized
WLAN state =initialized
WLAN BSSID =00:00:00:00:00:00
WLAN SSID =Not Joined
WLAN channel=0
WLAN radioSS=8192
WLAN mode =AdHoc
WLAN known BSSs:
-ID---CAP--MAC-----------------CH---MX----RSSI----SSID--------------------------





/etc/pcmcia/nokia_cs.opts

##################################################################
#
# Nokia D211 multimode radio card driver configuration
#
# Copyright (c) Nokia 2002. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia Corporation.
# Other product and company names mentioned herein may be
# trademarks or tradenames of their respective owners.

# Operating mode (WLAN/GSM)

MODE=WLAN

# WLAN settings

PROFILE=WLAN_profile
NETWORK_START=yes

# WLAN profiles

[WLAN_profile]
mode=infra
#restrictchannel=
#ssid=ACTIONTEC
#shared_key1=
#active_key=




lsmod

Module Size Used by Tainted: P
ide-cd 33608 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 33696 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
nokia_cs 100272 1
ds 8712 1 [nokia_cs]
yenta_socket 12960 1
pcmcia_core 54784 0 [nokia_cs ds yenta_socket]
cs4281 50504 1 (autoclean)
soundcore 6532 3 (autoclean) [cs4281]
n_hdlc 8032 0
ppp_synctty 7936 0
ppp_generic 24380 1 [ppp_synctty]
slhc 6756 0 [ppp_generic]
cisco_ipsec 399264 0 (unused)
3c59x 30640 1
iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 14936 1 [iptable_filter]
mousedev 5524 1
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 22244 0 (unused)
input 5920 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-uhci 26188 0 (unused)
usbcore 77024 1 [hid usb-uhci]
ext3 70368 6
jbd 52212 6 [ext3]





ps ux|grep nokia_cs

root 5300 0.0 0.3 3860 992 ? S 13:41 0:00 sh -c ./nokia_cs





tail -n 20 /var/log/messages
...
Nov 29 13:43:14 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + Starting up WLAN
Nov 29 13:43:14 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(wld_ioctl): CHRDEV IOCTL 253:0
Nov 29 13:43:14 localhost last message repeated 3 times
Nov 29 13:43:14 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(wld_release): CHRDEV Close.
Nov 29 13:43:15 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + I know of these:
Nov 29 13:43:15 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + eth1,default,0,0,,253,0
Nov 29 13:43:15 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + Initializing profile WLAN_profile
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): eth1: setting multicast Rx mode 1003 to 1 addresses.
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): Multicast MAC: 01:00:5e:00:00:01
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): eth1: setting multicast Rx mode 1003 to 1 addresses.
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): Multicast MAC: 01:00:5e:00:00:01
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): eth1: setting multicast Rx mode 1003 to 1 addresses.
Nov 29 13:43:19 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_devset_multicast_list): Multicast MAC: 01:00:5e:00:00:01
Nov 29 13:43:20 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + msgrcv: Interrupted system call
Nov 29 13:43:24 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Nov 29 13:43:25 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + msgrcv: Interrupted system call
Nov 29 13:43:29 localhost kernel: D211_Debug(dllc_timer): No data to send
Nov 29 13:43:30 localhost cardmgr[5551]: + msgrcv: Interrupted system call
Nov 29 13:43:31 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11



ifconfig

eth1 Lien encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:03:08:70:F9
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:5 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 lg file transmission:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
TYPE=nokia_cs


uname -r

2.4.18-18.8.0



gcc -v

Lecture des spcification partir de /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/specs
Configur avec: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --host=i386-redhat-linux --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
Modle de thread: posix
version gcc 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)



[root@localhost Nokia_d211]# make all
set -e; for d in src ui control; do make -C $d ; done
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/src'
gcc -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -I../include -I/usr/src/linux-2.4/include -DD_DEBUG -c dllc.c
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_register :
dllc.c:110: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:113: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_delete :
dllc.c:122: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_unregister :
dllc.c:139: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_devhard_start_xmit :
dllc.c:216: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_timer :
dllc.c:294: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_devset_multicast_list :
dllc.c:362: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:369: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:375: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:378: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:384: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:387: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c:397: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_set_my_mac_addr :
dllc.c:466: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_remove_from_queue :
dllc.c:494: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dllc.c: Dans la fonction dllc_init_queue :
dllc.c:528: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
chmod -x dllc.o
...
...
...
l.c: Dans la fonction dser_signal :
dserial.c:529: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:548: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:556: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c: Dans la fonction dser_new :
dserial.c:582: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:590: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:635: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:640: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:648: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c: Dans la fonction dser_delete :
dserial.c:667: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:678: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:680: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
dserial.c:688: AVERTISSEMENT: concatenation of string literals with __FUNCTION__ is deprecated
chmod -x dserial.o
ld -r -o nokia_cs.o dllc.o dmodule.o dtools.o dserial.o nokia_cs.a
chmod -x nokia_cs.o
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/src'
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/ui'
make[1]: Rien faire pour `all'.
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/ui'
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/control'
make[1]: `all' est jour.
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/control'




[root@localhost Nokia_d211]# make install
set -e; for d in src ui control; do make -C $d install ; done
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/src'
echo "Installing module ("nokia_cs.o" to "//lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0"/pcmcia)"
Installing module (nokia_cs.o to //lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/pcmcia)
mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/pcmcia
cp -p nokia_cs.o //lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/pcmcia
mkdir -p //etc/pcmcia/bin
cp ../bin/d211fw.bin //etc/pcmcia/bin/smac2.bin
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/src'
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/ui'
cp -p nokia_ctl //sbin
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/ui'
make[1]: Entre dans le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/control'
cp -p nokia_cs //sbin
make[1]: Quitte le rpertoire `/root/Nokia_d211/control'




[root@localhost Nokia_d211]# modprobe nokia_cs
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/pcmcia/nokia_cs.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - Proprietary
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module nokia_cs loaded, with warnings

[Nokia_D211_Support]

Hello,

Thank you for reporting this problem. Based on this we have found a bug in the binary part (nokia_cs userspace). We have now corrected it and we will publish a new version 1.05 after we have completed all tests. This will take approximately one week.


Best Regards,

Nokia D211 Support