Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:00:39 GMT From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/105967: ATH driver unable to reset D-Link DWL-530 (Atheros 5212 chip) Message-ID: <200611281900.kASJ0djp093328@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/105967; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Keith Jeffries <seawolf_42@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/105967: ATH driver unable to reset D-Link DWL-530 (Atheros 5212 chip) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:53:37 +0100 On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 18:20 +0000, Keith Jeffries wrote: > >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: <Atheros 5212> 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: Did you consider trying 6.2-BETA? Also please check the freebsd-net mailinglist first before submitting a PR, perhaps this was already fixed or someone knows a work around, that will help you much faster then via a PR (which this aint is.. just yet). I am not trying to spoil your fun, but it is in our and your best interest that you first visit the mailinglists for help and then see what can be done. Please defer to http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net to ask your question there and also please try 6.2-BETA, if people still think this is a PR , please get back to me and i will reopen the PR (I will close it in a little). Thanks! Best regards, Remko Lodder
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