zcom wifi and FC3 cannot figure out

Hello,

I have been searching google and other forums for several days now and
cannot find any information on my problem. I picked up a Z-Com
XI-325HP+ 300mw Wireless PCMCIA card and cannot install it in Fedora
Core 3. I have gotten all of the updates for Fedora, including the
latest kernel. I have been told that I would possibly need the hostap
drivers to run the card but cannot figure out how to get them. When I
try to install the hostap rpm for Fedora it tells me that I need
kernel support. I cannot find any kernel patches at all.

I have also found some information on the linux-wlan and the
NdisWrapper.

Can somebody point me in the right direction?

I am running:
Fedora Core 3
Kernel: 2.6.11-1.14_FC3
Network Card: Z-Com XI-325HP+ 300mw Wireless PCMCIA
802.11b

Thanks

DanielJay wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been searching google and other forums for several days now and
> cannot find any information on my problem. I picked up a Z-Com
> XI-325HP+ 300mw Wireless PCMCIA card and cannot install it in Fedora
> Core 3. I have gotten all of the updates for Fedora, including the
> latest kernel. I have been told that I would possibly need the hostap
> drivers to run the card but cannot figure out how to get them. When I
> try to install the hostap rpm for Fedora it tells me that I need
> kernel support. I cannot find any kernel patches at all.
>
> I have also found some information on the linux-wlan and the
> NdisWrapper.
>
> Can somebody point me in the right direction?
>
> I am running:
> Fedora Core 3
> Kernel: 2.6.11-1.14_FC3
> Network Card: Z-Com XI-325HP+ 300mw Wireless PCMCIA
> 802.11b

You need to visit; http://prism54.org/

And download the firmware file (follow the Firmware link).
or goto; http://prism54.org/~mcgrof/firmware/

Then with the card inserted type; /sbin/lspci -v

Review the output and you should see something about your pcmcia card,
sample below;

03:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 [Prism
GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Netgear WG511 Wireless Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 17
Memory at 20800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>

Rename the downloaded firmware file to the number you see (in the case
of the example; isl3890) and place the renamed file in /lib/firmware
location. Restart the system

Hint: cp 1.0.4.3.arm isl3890

If you need additional help post the output about your pcmcia card from
the lspci command.

--
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759

Thanks for the reply. I am not seeing the network card in my harware
browser or listing the pci information. I have posted that below.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev
02)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82830 830 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, fast devsel, latency 96
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: d0100000-d01fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 248a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 248a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 248a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 41)
(prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: d0200000-d02fffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 01) (prog-if
8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 248a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at <ignored>
I/O ports at 1820 [size=16]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 248a
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97
Audio Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 007b
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon
Mobility M6 LY (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b11b
Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, fast
Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 9
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

02:04.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev
01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 8d88
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
[size=64K]
I/O ports at 3000 [disabled] [size=8]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A
IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b1b1
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at d0214000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at d0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus
Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device b103
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06,
sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20400000-207ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 20800000-20bff000
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE
(LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 41)
Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation: Unknown device 0093
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 10
Memory at d0215000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 3040 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Would I need to recompile my kernel to support that expansion slot if
support is not already compiled?

I forgot to mention that the card was in when I posted that last post
with the lspcmcia information. I installed apt on my laptop and
checked to see if I have the latest version of pcmcia-cs and apt said
that I do.

Any suggestions?

DanielJay wrote:

> I forgot to mention that the card was in when I posted that last post
> with the lspcmcia information. I installed apt on my laptop and
> checked to see if I have the latest version of pcmcia-cs and apt said
> that I do.
>
> Any suggestions?

Personally, I do not run the kernels as supplied by Red hat/Fedora but
as a suggestion try the following;

locate prism54.ko

You should see an entry for the driver, example;

/lib/modules/2.6.11.8/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/prism54.ko

If you do try adding to /etc/modprobe.conf(create this file is needed);

alias eth1 prism54

Then with the card inserted as root type; modprobe prism54

If not then you might have to build the driver module from the kernel
source files.

It should be noted that many, many pcmcia card manufactures frequently
change the chipset of the card without changing the model number.
Sometimes they will change the version number but not always, for
example my card a Netgear WG511 Wireless Adapter V2 made in Tiawan
works just fine while the *same* card made in China does not.

You can also try one of the older firmware files from
http://prism54.org/~mcgrof/firmware/

Also try renaming the file to each one of the possible choices(isl3877,
isl3890 or isl3890).


--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759