----- Original message from Art Wildman on Mon Jan 22 20:03:33 2007 -----
>
> Scott Gates wrote:
> > Well, I FINALLY came across a laptop that wasn't doing anything in
> > particular. Up until now, I've always had dedicated desktops and therefor
> > e
> > hardwired everything.
> >
> > Can anybody recommend a compatible PCMCIA Notebook Wi-Fi card? 802.11g i
> > s
> > preferable, but 802.11b will do the trick, too.
>
>
> Wireless Cards - MiniPCI wireless card Info - FSF
> "Some laptop manufacturers prevent you from changing the MiniPCI
> wireless card with an arbitrary BIOS check."
> "Cards that use the Ralink 2500/RT2400 and Realtek RTL8180 chipsets work
> well with GNU/Linux."...
> Ralink RT2500 chipsets based wireless 802.11g devices -
> http://ralink.rapla.net/
>
Hello,
I bought an ASUS WL-107g PCMCIA card with a Ralink RT2500
chipset to use in my Dell C810 laptop running SL4.1.
I could not use the driver I found at asus.com (version
1.4.2.0) as it was filling /var/log/messages with plenty of
lines like :
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: Badness in local_bh_enable at kernel/softirq.c:141
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c0129b05>] local_bh_enable+0x34/0x51
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02bcda7>] dev_queue_xmit+0x40d/0x415
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02f6e4c>] arp_solicit+0x130/0x14e
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02c278f>] neigh_timer_handler+0x182/0x1be
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02c260d>] neigh_timer_handler+0x0/0x1be
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02c260d>] neigh_timer_handler+0x0/0x1be
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c012e587>] run_timer_softirq+0x1eb/0x2d4
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c0129a8d>] __do_softirq+0x35/0x79
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c0109446>] do_softirq+0x46/0x4d
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: =======================
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c01089f7>] do_IRQ+0x2b3/0x2bf
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c031983c>] common_interrupt+0x18/0x20
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c031007b>] build_polexpire+0x75/0xe0
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c021e96a>] acpi_processor_idle+0xd0/0x1d5
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c010408f>] cpu_idle+0x1f/0x34
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c03ce700>] start_kernel+0x214/0x216
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: Badness in local_bh_enable at kernel/softirq.c:141
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c0129b05>] local_bh_enable+0x34/0x51
Jan 7 21:10:16 localhost kernel: [<c02bcda7>] dev_queue_xmit+0x40d/0x415
slowing down the machine.
I also tried the driver found at ralinktech.com (version
1.4.6.6 ) as it crashes my laptop.
Finaly I got the one at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com and I works
fine after having patched Module/Makefile and
Module/rtmp_info.c
--- Makefile.orig 2006-12-02 16:25:57.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile 2007-02-05 06:25:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
# MarkW 20th Jan 05 Fixed permissions on directory
# MichalL 5th Mar 05 Module installation fixes
# MarkW 29th Jul 05 Allow install dir override
+# RF 05th Feb 07 RHEL 4
###########################################################################
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
#PATCHLEVEL := 6
#KERNDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6
#MODDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.12/extra
+MODDIR=/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net
ifeq ($(PATCHLEVEL),)
PATCHLEVEL := $(shell uname -r | cut -d. -f2)
--- rtmp_info.c.orig 2007-01-11 21:20:58.000000000 +0100
+++ rtmp_info.c 2007-02-05 06:08:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
.private_args = (struct iw_priv_args *) privtab,
.num_private_args = N(privtab),
#if WIRELESS_EXT > 16
- .get_wireless_stats = RT2500_get_wireless_stats,
+/* .get_wireless_stats = RT2500_get_wireless_stats, */
#endif
#if WIRELESS_EXT > 15
// .spy_offset = offsetof(struct hostap_interface, spy_data),
> [...]
HTH
--
Best regards,
Robert FRANCHISSEUR
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