ACX100 driver on Slackware 10

oudent · 07-15-2004, 11:35 PM

I have been cracking away at this stupid thing for 3 days now, with no luck.

Problem:
No wireless connection using acx100 driver from sourceforge project. Confirmed to work in all other distros I've tried...but not Slack 10???

Symptoms:
AP mac not found.
dhcpcd times out.
ifconfig shows tx errors.

This is the log from the last time I started Linux:

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Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Linux version 2.4.26 (root@tree) (gcc version 3.3.4) #6 Mon Jun 14 19:07:27 PDT 2004
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000017fc0000 (usable)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000017fc0000 - 0000000017ff8000 (ACPI data)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000017ff8000 - 0000000018000000 (ACPI NVS)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb80000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fff00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 98240
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: zone(1): 94144 pages.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=343
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Detected 1296.094 MHz processor.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 2582.11 BogoMIPS
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1300MHz stepping 07
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Transparent bridge - Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: Starting kswapd
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: pty: 512 Unix98 ptys configured
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 7777K size 1024 blocksize
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hda: FUJITSU MPG3409AT E, ATA DISK drive
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdb: WDC WD600BB-32CXA0, ATA DISK drive
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: blk: queue c03b3360, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: blk: queue c03b349c, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdc: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdd: SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hda: host protected area => 1
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdb: host protected area => 1
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver.
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar last message repeated 2 times
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: 8regs : 1492.000 MB/sec
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: 32regs : 928.400 MB/sec
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: pIII_sse : 1672.400 MB/sec
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: pII_mmx : 1471.200 MB/sec
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: p5_mmx : 1452.800 MB/sec
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: raid5: using function: pIII_sse (1672.400 MB/sec)
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 0
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar last message repeated 2 times
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: reiserfs: found format "3.6" with standard journal
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: reiserfs: checking transaction log (device ide0(3,67)) ...
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: for (ide0(3,67))
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: ide0(3,67):Using r5 hash to sort names
Jul 16 00:02:05 darkstar kernel: VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: It looks like you've been coaxed into buying a wireless network card
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: that uses the mysterious ACX100/ACX111 chip from Texas Instruments.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: You should better have bought e.g. a PRISM(R) chipset based card,
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: since that would mean REAL vendor Linux support.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: Given this info, it's evident that this driver is quite EXPERIMENTAL,
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: thus your mileage may vary. Visit http://acx100.sf.net for support.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: Using 32 bit I/O access.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_init_module: dev_info is: TI acx_pci
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_init_module: TI acx_pci.o: Ver 0.2.0pre8 Driver initialized, waiting for cards to probe...
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: Found ACX100-based wireless network card at 02:0b.0, irq:10, phymem1:0xfeadf000, phymem2:0xfeac0000, mem1:0xd8a43000, mem1_size:4096, mem2:0xd8a45000, mem2_size:65536.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: initial debug setting is 0x001b
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_probe_pci: using ACX100 io resource addresses (size: 56)
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: hw_unavailable = 1
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci: Using IRQ 10
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: reset hw_unavailable++
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_reset_mac: enable soft reset...
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_reset_mac: disable soft reset and go to init mode...
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: Attention: no custom firmware directory specified (via module parameter firmware_dir), thus using our default firmware directory /usr/share/acx
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: Trying to load firmware: '/usr/share/acx/WLANGEN.BIN'
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: Allocated 33708 bytes for firmware module loading.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: not using auto increment for firmware loading.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_write_fw: Firmware written.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_write_fw (firmware): 1, acx100_validate_fw: 1
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_reset_dev: Received signal that card is ready to be configured

(the eCPU has woken up)
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: reset hw_unavailable--
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100: allocated net device wlan0, driver compiled against wireless extensions v16 and Linux 2.4.26
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ******************************************
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ************ acx100_initmac_1 ************
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ******************************************
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ==> Get the mailbox pointers from the scratch pad registers
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: CmdMailboxOffset = fdc8
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: InfoMailboxOffset = ff4c
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: <== Get the mailbox pointers from the scratch pad registers
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: CommandParameters = [ 0xd8a54dcc ]
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: InfoParameters = [ 0xd8a54f50 ]
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ERROR: Unable to allocate 827279692 bytes for firmware module loading.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: WARNING: no suitable radio module (/usr/share/acx/RADIO0d.BIN) found to load. No problem in case of a combined firmware, FATAL when using a separated firmware (base firmware / radio image).
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: CodeEnd:83A0
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: acx100_init_wep: writing WEP options.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: <== Initialize the Queue Indicator
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pFrameHdrQPool = 0xc036b000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pFrameHdrQPoolPhyAddr = 0x 36b000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->TxBufferPoolSize = 0x bb80
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->TxBufferPool = 0xc0370000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->TxBufferPoolPhyAddr = 0x 370000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pTxHostDescQPool = 0xc036a000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->TxHostDescQPoolPhyAddr = 0x0036a000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pRxHostDescQPool = 0xc03c7000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->RxHostDescQPoolPhyAddr = 0x 3c7000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pRxBufferPool = 0xc03d0000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->RxBufferPoolPhyAddr = 0x 3d0000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: priv->iobase2 = 0xd8a45000
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->ui32ACXTxQueueStart = 0x00008748
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: pDc->pTxDescQPool = 0xd8a4d748
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d748, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d778, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d7a8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d7d8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d808, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d838, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d868, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d898, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d8c8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d8f8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d928, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d958, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d988, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d9b8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4d9e8, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card tx descriptor = 0xd8a4da18, size: 0x30
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4da48
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4da7c
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dab0
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dae4
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4db18
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4db4c
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4db80
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dbb4
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dbe8
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dc1c
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dc50
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dc84
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dcb8
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dcec
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dd20
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: configure card rx descriptor = 0xd8a4dd54
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00004182, set_mask 0x00000000
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: Got sensitivity value 64
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: Got antenna value 0x08
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: Got regulatory domain 0x10
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00000000 - after update
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: SSID = STA8B4F10, len = 9
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: Beacon length:57
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: SSID = STA8B4F10, len = 9
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: hw_unavailable--
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: acx100: form factor 0x01 (D-Link DWL-520+/650+/G650+/Planet WL-8305?), radio type 0x0d (Maxim), EEPROM version 0x0005. Uploaded firmware 'Rev 1.9.3.e' (0x01030505).
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: creating /proc entry driver/acx_wlan0
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: creating /proc entry driver/acx_wlan0_diag
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: creating /proc entry driver/acx_wlan0_eeprom
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: creating /proc entry driver/acx_wlan0_phy
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: acx100_probe_pci: TI acx_pci.o: Ver 0.2.0pre8 Loaded Successfully
Jul 16 00:02:07 darkstar kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6106 Wed Jun 23 08:14:01 PDT 2004

*** Extra junk removed ***

Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: OPENING DEVICE
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: firmware version >= 1.9.3.e --> using software timer
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: initial settings update on iface activation.
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x0037eefc
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating WEP key settings
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Setting WEP key 0 as default.
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating transmit power: 18 dBm
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: changing radio power level to 18 dBm (0x17)
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating antenna value: 0x08
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating Energy Detect (ED) threshold: 112
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating Channel Clear Assessment (CCA) value: 0x0D
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating: enable Tx
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating: enable Rx on channel: 1
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating short retry limit: 7, long retry limit: 4
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating xmt MSDU lifetime: 4096
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating regulatory domain: 0x10
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Starting radio scan
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 1 (SCANNING)
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 2500000
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: Updating channel: 1
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00200000 - after update
Jul 16 00:02:21 darkstar kernel: module count ++
Jul 16 00:02:23 darkstar kernel: Got Info IRQ: type 0x0001, status 0x0000
Jul 16 00:02:23 darkstar kernel: Radio scan found 0 stations in this area.
Jul 16 00:02:23 darkstar kernel: acx100_complete_dot11_scan: no matching station found in range and not in Ad-Hoc or Auto mode --> giving up scanning.
Jul 16 00:02:23 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:02:23 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:02:24 darkstar kernel: acx100_timer: status = 0
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar dhcpcd[1376]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar kernel: module count --
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: OPENING DEVICE
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: firmware version >= 1.9.3.e --> using software timer
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: initial settings update on iface activation.
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x0026cebc
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating WEP key settings
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Setting WEP key 0 as default.
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating transmit power: 18 dBm
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: changing radio power level to 18 dBm (0x17)
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating antenna value: 0x08
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating Energy Detect (ED) threshold: 112
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating Channel Clear Assessment (CCA) value: 0x0D
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating: enable Tx
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating: enable Rx on channel: 1
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating regulatory domain: 0x10
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Starting radio scan
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 1 (SCANNING)
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 2500000
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: Updating channel: 1
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: get_mask 0x00000000, set_mask 0x00200000 - after update
Jul 16 00:03:21 darkstar kernel: module count ++
Jul 16 00:03:24 darkstar kernel: Got Info IRQ: type 0x0001, status 0x0000
Jul 16 00:03:24 darkstar kernel: Radio scan found 0 stations in this area.
Jul 16 00:03:24 darkstar kernel: acx100_complete_dot11_scan: no matching station found in range and not in Ad-Hoc or Auto mode --> giving up scanning.
Jul 16 00:03:24 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:03:24 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:03:25 darkstar kernel: acx100_timer: status = 0
Jul 16 00:03:31 darkstar dhcpcd[1426]: terminating on signal 2
Jul 16 00:03:31 darkstar kernel: acx100_set_status: Setting status = 0 (STARTED)
Jul 16 00:03:31 darkstar kernel: <acx100_set_timer> Elapse = 1500000
Jul 16 00:03:31 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!
Jul 16 00:03:31 darkstar kernel: module count --
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These 2 lines worries me:
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: ERROR: Unable to allocate 827279692 bytes for firmware module loading.
Jul 16 00:02:06 darkstar kernel: WARNING: no suitable radio module (/usr/share/acx/RADIO0d.BIN) found to load. No problem in case of a combined firmware, FATAL when using a separated firmware (base firmware / radio image).

This line also bothers me:
Jul 16 00:02:40 darkstar kernel: ERROR: attempt to set the timer before the card interface is up! Please report with a debug=0xffff log!!

Other than that I can't see anything that sticks out as being incredibly wrong.
I have ensured that my firmware files are good...and obviously they work in Windows..and I know they worked in Vector Linux (base on Slack 9).

I don't have the output from ifconfig and iwconfig, but here is the only info I saw to be different then when this worked...ifconfig returns 3 tx errors for every time dhcpcd is ran, and iwconfig returns an AccessPoint MAC of all 0's.

dhcpcd wlan0 logs that there are 3 timeouts, but nothing else is wrong.
I will try a much older driver tomorrow, but I know the ones I've tried have worked in the past.

Please help.