[Prism54-devel] Re: [PATCH] prism54 snapshot fix for 2.6.11 & IRQ line too busy

[Sven Köhler]

> IANAL, but it's probably a good idea to add something along the lines of a 
> 
> === BIG FAT WARNING === 
> New cards are unlikely to work because of 3Com fooling their customers, so 
> don't buy this hardware!

Well, i recently bought a Netgear WG511. It doesn't work either.
Using kernel 2.6.11.6, dmesg says:

eth1: resetting device...
eth1: uploading firmware...
eth1: firmware version: 1.0.4.3
eth1: firmware upload complete
eth1: no 'reset complete' IRQ seen - retrying
eth1: no 'reset complete' IRQ seen - retrying
eth1: interface reset failure
prism54: Your card/socket may be faulty, or IRQ line too busy :(

I already added that to bug 121.


So is this a problem, that will be seen be fixed?


Luis said something about "softmac" cards. Can anyone explain to me,
what that is? And could the WG511 be a "softmac" card, too?


Thx
  Sven