[Prism54-users] Z-com XG-600 and prism54 (bit longer, sorry)

[Thomas Watz]

Hello,

with all the postings I found here and in the forums, I managed to get my
Z-com XG-600 (built-in in laptop) to work fine with Mandrake 9.2 and the
prism54 driver.

firmware: 1.0.4.3
kernel: 2.4.22-26mdk
prism54-driver: 04/02/01
wireless-tools: 26-1mdk

Nontheless, there are some "issues". Perhaps someone can give an advice...

1. With iwconfig eth1 the following is displayed:

Warning: Driver for device eth1 recommend version 16 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 15, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

Is it a mandrake package problem?

2. While doing the "service network start" ifup of the device lasts very
long with the following in /var/log/syslog:

Feb 10 11:41:51 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:41:51 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:41:51 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Using interface
eth1/00:60:B3:98:76:7C
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:42:01 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:11 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:11 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:11 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:42:11 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:42:11 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:21 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:21 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:21 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:42:21 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:42:21 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:31 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:31 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:31 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:42:31 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:42:31 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:41 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:41 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:41 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Using detection mode: wireless
extension
Feb 10 11:42:41 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: ifplugd 0.15 successfully
initialized, link beat detected.
Feb 10 11:42:41 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Executing
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 up'.
Feb 10 11:42:42 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:42:42 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:42:42 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:42:51 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Killing child.
Feb 10 11:42:51 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: client: Determining IP
information for eth1...
Feb 10 11:42:51 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Program execution failed, return
value is 0.
Feb 10 11:42:51 laptom ifplugd(eth1)[3718]: Exiting.
Feb 10 11:42:51 laptom network: Schnittstelle »eth1« aktivieren:  failed
Feb 10 11:42:52 laptom kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for
'isl3890'
Feb 10 11:42:52 laptom kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware ('isl3890')
Feb 10 11:42:52 laptom dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is
down
Feb 10 11:42:56 laptom dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port
67
Feb 10 11:42:56 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:03 laptom dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port
67
Feb 10 11:43:03 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:15 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 6
Feb 10 11:43:15 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:21 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 9
Feb 10 11:43:21 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:30 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 15
Feb 10 11:43:30 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:45 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 11
Feb 10 11:43:45 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:43:56 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 14
Feb 10 11:43:56 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:44:10 laptom dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 6
Feb 10 11:44:10 laptom dhclient: send_packet: Network is down
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom dhclient: Trying recorded lease 192.168.2.102
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom kernel: eth1: resetting device...
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
Feb 10 11:44:16 laptom kernel: eth1: firmware uploaded done, now triggering
reset...
Feb 10 11:44:18 laptom dhclient: bound: renewal in 1071070189 seconds.

It seems that there are probs with loading the firmware. Is it a
driver/firmware issue? Can I do to improve on that? The card is finally
running.

Any hints would be apreciated.

Thanks,

Thomas