From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f184.google.com ([209.85.210.184]:49101 "EHLO mail-yx0-f184.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754217AbZGSNiL (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:38:11 -0400 Received: by yxe14 with SMTP id 14so2929486yxe.33 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:38:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A612514.4050708@redfish-solutions.com> References: <4A612514.4050708@redfish-solutions.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:38:11 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Using compat-wireless w/ 2.6.27.26 From: Bob Copeland To: "Philip A. Prindeville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > + modprobe ath5k > ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5413 chip found (MAC: 0xa4, PHY: 0x61) > > + iw dev wlan0 interface add ap0 type managed > + ip link set ap0 up > + iw dev ap0 connect xxxx > command failed: Operation not supported (-95) Why are you adding another interface? Should be able to use "iw dev wlan0..." > pbx ~ # iw phy phy0 info > command failed: No buffer space available (-105) Means the netlink buffer was exceeded. In the past this was because there were too many channels -- are you sure you're loading the compat-wireless ath5k instead of the .29 one (and not using all_channels modparam)? -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com