[Debian] No wlan device with 2.6.28-20090105.git69b2aa26

Marcel tanuva at googlemail.com
Sat Feb 21 14:32:51 CET 2009


Am Saturday 21 February 2009 14:23:46 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors:
> Marcel <tanuva at googlemail.com> writes:
> > I installed kernel 2.6.28-20090105.git69b2aa26 (.28 kernel from Debian
> > repo) yesterday. Today, wanting to use the neo as a webradio receiver
> > connected to the stereo, I noticed that eth0, the wlan device, is gone.
> > (No it doesn't have another name, ifconfig -a only shows up usb0 and lo.)
>
> Can you try
>
> echo 1 | sudo tee $sys_pm_wlan/power_on
> echo s3c2440-sdi | sudo tee $sys_wlan_driver/unbind 2> /dev/null >
> /dev/null echo s3c2440-sdi | sudo tee $sys_wlan_driver/bind
>
> where the variables are
>
> $ grep wlan .sysfsrc
> export sys_pm_wlan=/sys/bus/platform/drivers/gta02-pm-wlan/gta02-pm-wlan.0
> export sys_wlan_driver=/sys/bus/platform/drivers/s3c2440-sdi
>
> ?

Argh. A week or so I always wondered why the wlan chip gets turned on 
automatically after each suspend. Now it does not anymore. Result: Wlan chip 
is turned off, therefore no wlan device. Dammit.
Timo, you saved me once again, thanks! :)

> > I have no idea where to check next, there seems to be really wrong
> > with /proc/bus/pci (which comes from where?).
>
> There's no PCI in freerunner.

That explains the issue... :)

--
Marcel




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