senao nl-2511cd pcmcia - wrong driver loading

[djhampster]

When plugging in the senao nl-2511cd pcmcia wifi card the orinoco drivers are loaded as well as the hostap. Yet, the orinoco driver is being used instead of the correct hostap driver. The "hack" workaround is to blacklist the orinoco_cs in /etc/modprobe.d/*.

Adding a stanza for the exact manfid ('cardctrl ident' == manfid: 0x000b, 0x7100 ) in /etc/pcmcia/config does not load the hostap_cs driver, it still loads the orinoco_cs driver.

The orinoco driver works but is hugely less functional than the built in hostap driver!

[Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this issue against Dapper and/or later releases?

[djhampster (schaefer-jason)]

Yes, I just tested it on the latest hardy and its still happening.

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Gareth Fitzworthington
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> Is this issue against Dapper and/or later releases?
>
> ** Changed in: hostap-driver (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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[Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount)]

Confirming.
This bug report has been in the system for sometime without any other user confirmation. However, there is some discussion in the Ubuntu Forums which support the claim presented here. It also seems likely that many users may be unaware that they are using an inferior driver and therefore have no cause to resort to this bug report.

[Dan Taylor (slash)]

I too can confirm this behavior. I have a NL-2511CD plus EXT2, and an Orinoco Gold card which I use interchangeably for different scenarios, so blacklisting the orinoco driver, for me, isn't an option. Hope this gets fixed!

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Dan Taylor (slash)]

I saw this bug was marked as incomplete. If there's any additional information that needs to be provided, I'll gladly do so.

Dan

[Pablo Castellano (pablocastellano)]

Hello Dan, could you tell us if this is an issue still in Ubuntu Intrepid release?

[Dan Taylor (slash)]

Yes, this issue is still there in Intrepid.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

This bug report was marked as Triaged a while ago but has not had any updated comments for quite some time. Please let us know if this issue remains in the current Ubuntu release, http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . If the issue remains, click on the current status under the Status column and change the status back to "New". Thanks.

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[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

closing

~JFo

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Can we close this bug completely?

[Dan Taylor (slash)]

On 10/01/2012 06:19 AM, Thomas Hotz wrote:
> Can we close this bug completely?
>
> ** Changed in: hostap-driver (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
Yes -- thanks! No problems!