From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 28 18:30:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF7F16A40F for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [69.147.83.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E2443C9E for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kASIUG3m089433 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id kASIUG8C089432; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:16 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:16 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200611281830.kASIUG8C089432@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Keith Jeffries Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E900116A412 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [69.147.83.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08AE343CA8 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:20:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kASIKmB0028255 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:20:48 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id kASIKmjt028254; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:20:48 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200611281820.kASIKmjt028254@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:20:48 GMT From: Keith Jeffries To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.0 Cc: Subject: i386/105967: ATH driver unable to reset D-Link DWL-530 (Atheros 5212 chip) X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:30:18 -0000 >Number: 105967 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: ATH driver unable to reset D-Link DWL-530 (Atheros 5212 chip) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 28 18:30:16 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Keith Jeffries >Release: 6.1-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD portroyal.jolirouge.org 6.1-SECURITY FreeBSD 6.1-SECURITY #0: Mon Aug 28 05:21:08 UTC 2006 root@builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: The D-Link DWL-530 wireless card uses the Atheros 5212 chip, but the ATH driver is unable to reset the chip during hardware initialization; the card is therefore unusable. Relevant output from dmesg: portroyal# dmesg | grep ath0 ath0: mem 0xe9000000-0xe900ffff at device 15.0 on pci0 ath0: Ethernet address: 00:13:46:9a:28:5c ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6 ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x3e0 hal flags 0x140) ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 12 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 12 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 12 >From the ATH driver page: ath%d: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel %u (%u Mhz) The Atheros Hardware Access Layer was unable to reset the hardware when switching channels during scanning. This should not happen. ... ath%d: unable to reset hardware; hal status %u The Atheros Hardware Access Layer was unable to reset the hardware as requested. The status code is explained in the HAL include file sys/contrib/dev/ath/ah.h. This should not happen. >How-To-Repeat: install the wireless card on a generic i386 system running 6.1-RELEASE enable the Atheros driver in /boot/loader.conf >Fix: unknown >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: