ACX Drivers -- needs updating.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
acx111 default firmware does not work correctly
the main acx driver needs updating... the following files are what are needed...
ACX released on december 7th of 2005 --
http://
firmware -- separated to different files.
tiacx111 -- main firmwrae for acx111... usually called Fw1130.bin or
something like that.
tiacx111r16 -- radio file for acx111... called radio16.bin on most drivers.
tiacx111r17 -- radio file for acx111... called radio17.bin on most drivers.
tiacx111c16 -- firmware and radio compiled together... not exactly the best
combo for the acx driver seeing as
the 3 top files provide nicer results in my honest experience.
file of FwRad16.bin in the windows release.
tiacx111c16 -- firmware and radio compiled together... not exactly the best
combo for the acx driver seeing as
the 3 top files provide nicer results in my honest experience.
file of FwRad17.bin in the windows release.
kernal load modules -- acx.ko
notes:
1) i only covered the acx111, but with the acx100 take the windows driver,
rename the fwXXXX.bin file to tiacx100
then of course the 2 radioXX.bin files to tiacx100rXX and the FwRadxx.bin to
tiacx100cXX ... just replace XXXX with number.
2) this works a lot better than what came with the ubuntu 5.10... i don't
disconnect after every 5 min on my acx111 based card.
summary: | + acx111 default firmware does not work correctly |
Changed in ubuntu: | |
assignee: | Registry Administrators (registry) → nobody |
An updated driver, and all the latest firmware (with names in the new format) is included in Dapper.
However, by default it loads firmware 2.3.1.31. The version of the driver included notes that it does not work well with this firmware version. I have tested firmware 1.2.1.34 and the card works correctly.
There is a note in the readme file in /lib/firmware/ <kernel_ ver>/acx stating that I should file a bug if "default" points to the wrong version. Consider it done!