Netgear card

[Jamon Camisso]

moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Quoting Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>:
> 
>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:37:15AM -0400, moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org 
>> wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any experience making a
>>> Netgear WG511 wireless card (PCMCIA) work
>>> with Linux?  Thus far, I haven't even managed
>>> to get Linux to acknowledge that the card exists.
>>>
>>> Oh, on a slightly related note -- my laptop has
>>> USB 1.1, and I'm thinking of getting a PCMCIA
>>> USB 2.0 cardbus.  Any experiences using them
>>> in Linux?
>>
>> Do you have pcmcia support working on your system?
> 
> To be honest, I'm not sure how to tell.  But I think so;
> a graphical tool whose name I can't remember (currently running
> Windows so I can send this mail) did show a change when I
> plugged the card in and took it out.
> 
>>
>> Which revision is the wifi card?
> 
> Again, I don't know how to find out.  But it was made in
> Taiwan.
> 
> Here's the messages I get from the kernel (2.6.8), over and
> over again, if I try to boot with the card plugged in:
> 
>  Jun 23 20:38:25 zermelo kernel: eth1: islpci_open()
>  Jun 23 20:38:25 zermelo kernel: eth1: resetting device...
>  Jun 23 20:38:25 zermelo kernel: eth1: uploading firmware...
>  Jun 23 20:38:25 zermelo kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for 
> 'isl3890'
>  Jun 23 20:38:25 zermelo kernel: eth1: could not upload firmware 
> ('isl3890')
> 
> Thanks to all who've responded, by the way!

Try downloading the latest firmware image from http://prism54.org. 
Here's the link for the card: http://prism54.org/firmware/1.0.4.3.arm

Move that file into your firmware directory (/lib/firmware for me) and 
then try inserting the card.

Jamon
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