Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:48:12 +0900 | From | Komuro <> | Subject | Re: axnet_cs / pcnet_cs: moving PCMCIA_DEVICE_PROD_ID for Netgear FA411 |
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:46:57 +0100 Cord Walter <cord.walter@gmx.de> wrote:
> after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with > the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version),
You are right. My patch has a bug. The patch below fixes this problem.
By the way, (1) Does your FA411 work properly with the pcnet_cs driver before? (2) Please post the full-dmesg (axnet_cs).
--- linux-2.6.28-rc6/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c.orig 2008-11-21 21:39:08.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.28-rc6/drivers/net/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.c 2008-11-21 21:39:24.000000000 +0900 @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int pcnet_config(struct pcmcia_de } if ((link->conf.ConfigBase == 0x03c0) - && (link->manf_id == 0x149) && (link->card_id = 0xc1ab)) { + && (link->manf_id == 0x149) && (link->card_id == 0xc1ab)) { printk(KERN_INFO "pcnet_cs: this is an AX88190 card!\n"); printk(KERN_INFO "pcnet_cs: use axnet_cs instead.\n"); goto failed;
Best Regards Komuro
> Hi, > > after noticing that my Netgear FA411 (PCMCIA-NIC) [1] stopped working with > the release of the 2.6.25 kernel (sidux-version), I checked the > respective driver sources and noticed that the pcnet_cs driver bailed > out with "use axnet_cs instead" for the Netgear FA411, but axnet_cs > doesn't claim this ID. > > I compiled a kernel with the PCMCIA-ID for the netgear card moved to > axnet_cs from pcnet_cs which worked. I then contacted sidux-kernel > maintainer Stefan Lippers-Hollmann who turned the info into this patch > and integrated it into the kernel: > > <http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fullstory/linux-sidux-2.6/trunk/debian/patches/features/2.6.27.4_PCMCIA_move-PCMCIA-ID-for-Netgear-FA411-from-pcnet_cs-to-axnet_cs.patch> > > This works for me and AFAIK there were no reports of any breakage for > other devices on sidux-support. > > This looks like a trivial patch, but since I have very limited > experience with kernel modifications I might be woefully wrong there. > But if there are no side effects of this patch, is it possible to get it > into the official kernel? > > I can provide more detailed information on the affected hardware if > necessary. > > -cord > > > [1] > Socket 1 Device 0: [axnet_cs] (bus ID: 1.0) > Configuration: state: on > Product Name: NETGEAR FA411 Fast Ethernet > Identification: manf_id: 0x0149 card_id: 0x0411 > function: 6 (network) > prod_id(1): "NETGEAR" (0x9aa79dc3) > prod_id(2): "FA411" (0x40fad875) > prod_id(3): "Fast Ethernet" (0xb4be14e3) > prod_id(4): --- (---) > -- > Cord Walter > email: cord.walter@gmx.de > > Weil es niemanden etwas angeht, dass ich nichts zu verbergen habe: > http://www.gnupg.org/ > http://www.truecrypt.org/ > ...und überhaupt: http://www.FreiheitstattAngst.de > > >
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