p54pci not able to set static IP address in ad-hoc mode

[otakuj462]

I'm using the following hardware with the p54pci driver:

07:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)

The driver works fine in Managed mode, however, I am not able to assign the NIC a static IP address when it is in ad-hoc mode:

jacob@fledermaus:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Fledermaus"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

jacob@fledermaus:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 10.0.0.1
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported

This seems to directly trigger this message in syslog:

Jun 19 11:43:54 fledermaus kernel: [ 835.508113] p54pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting isl3886

And in dmesg:

[ 835.508113] p54pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: requesting isl3886

[otakuj462 (otakuj462)]

This is in Jaunty.

jacob@fledermaus:~$ uname -r
2.6.28-11-generic

[^_Pepe_^ (jose-angel-fernandez-freire)]

This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in
it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try
with the latest Karmic 9.10 release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are
available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If the issue remains, could you run the following command from a
Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) while running Karmic. It
will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this
report.

apport-collect -p linux 389545

Thanks in advance

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Incomplete and has not had any updated comments for quite some time. As a result this bug is being closed. Please reopen if this is still an issue in the current Ubuntu release http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Also, please be sure to provide any requested information that may have been missing. To reopen the bug, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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