Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:40:37 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros (ath) MSI wireless embedded chipset fails to attach on 7.0-STABLE Message-ID: <48580525.8040207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3c0b01820806171123k4ceb8894hb5c889b86cebca24@mail.gmail.com> References: <3c0b01820806170757v5565b59ne0e9d5db06f26761@mail.gmail.com> <4857D8BB.1080901@gmail.com> <3c0b01820806170852t39a6346doa6d77a655469eed9@mail.gmail.com> <3c0b01820806171123k4ceb8894hb5c889b86cebca24@mail.gmail.com>
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Alexander Sack wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> 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 <SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm> >>>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) >>>> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> 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 > > Well, the linked page is not mine ;) but I have successfully used newer editions of the madwifi driver on the eeepc, so don't let this stop you!
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