From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 18:23:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F2D1065679 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:23:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA698FC0C for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:23:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c30so5260834ika.3 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:23:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=X5N02hM931fIYtu/yrGlhnOKTlEt2OWpz83DriiCTes=; b=c5cBy3KFxl3Ys4NBkJxhKAq+FNeI+yyzLl1tzid8In/DiEpFDKBDsNyILTg/vaA1vI vIWJYfdfM1lY/OMsgdesL05fmhi1SVQ3cYBTElYh2OlcBz8VH5M248Alt8KK5Nnv/7jP GxXSUDtg6dzEo8Dvv37jdru2YEpXua+wp7UVc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=HChnKhOOKn3XowVqZPI8m0OXk99JuYuQlr6Orq7hIjkHW9Oq8g6OoOn9S2nfVQBw54 DyvEKEU5haHBfRn4g/QBZSe/0qd6QXq5ZV25kxF49acc5k+6W1qtsE12UakII+4vNAFB 94y6p2Js7WvzuXleU/wE35mc97NLRWagXDKIY= Received: by 10.210.21.6 with SMTP id 6mr7974474ebu.184.1213726992793; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.34.1 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c0b01820806171123k4ceb8894hb5c889b86cebca24@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:23:12 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" To: "Manolis Kiagias" In-Reply-To: <3c0b01820806170852t39a6346doa6d77a655469eed9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3c0b01820806170757v5565b59ne0e9d5db06f26761@mail.gmail.com> <4857D8BB.1080901@gmail.com> <3c0b01820806170852t39a6346doa6d77a655469eed9@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros (ath) MSI wireless embedded chipset fails to attach on 7.0-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:23:15 -0000 On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Alexander Sack wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Alexander Sack wrote: >>> >>> Hello: >>> >>> I have installed FreeBSD-7.0-amd64 stable on my new AMD X2 Turon based >>> notebook, a MSI-1710A (GX710Ax) which has a generic embedded >>> controller. During boot up I notice that ATH complains with: >>> >>> ath_rate: version 1.2 >>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) >>> ath0: mem 0xfd7f0000-0xfd7fffff irq 16 at device 0.0 >>> on pci2 >>> ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfd7f0000 >>> ath0: [MPSAFE] >>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 >>> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 >>> >>> HAL status 13 from the header file seems to indicate that the >>> 7.0-STABLE driver doesn't support my hardware revision. Here is my >>> pciconf -l output: >>> >> >> Maybe you could try compiling a kernel with a newer hal. This is the kind of >> hack we use on the eeepc. Have a look at this: >> >> http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD > > Thank you SO much for this link. That's EXACTLY what I want to do > because I realize that this is a HAL problem. I've been searching > like MAD where I could get an updated binary HAL for this chipset > (PCIe based). Btw, is there any particular reason you chose the version you linked against what's the current stable release? Also is this the only place to get updated ath HAL's? -aps