From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 17:44:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04BF216A4CE for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:44:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grande.el.net (NS2.EL.NET [68.165.89.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 281DE43D3F for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:44:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: (qmail 24954 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2004 17:50:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO el.net) (127.0.0.1) by grande.el.net with SMTP; 2 Aug 2004 17:50:11 -0000 Received: from 68.165.89.73 (SquirrelMail authenticated user kalin) by el.net with HTTP; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:50:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <56543.68.165.89.73.1091469011.squirrel@el.net> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:50:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "kalin mintchev" To: "Michael Roberts" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org cc: geffy@geffychan.co.uk Subject: Re: DLink DWL-G650 (h/w ver. B4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:44:27 -0000 i got mine working finally (kinda) - it's a dwl-ag650 but the chip is probably the same. check this postings. there is a script there that it might be helpful to you. http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23880 > Hi, > > Thanks for the reply, and sorry for the delay - long weekend. If I put > the > card in before bootup, it will give the first set of errors that I listed > during boot, then will give the "bfe0 timeout" errors after it has > finished > the boot scripts. So, that method doesn't work either. > > I haven't tried disabling my ethernet device.. though that's a good idea. > How exactly do you do that? I tried "kldunload bfe", where bfe is my nic > device, however that doesn't work, since bfe is built into the kernel. I > tried syncing my sources and upgrading the kernel again, but something is > broken in the sources, and the kernel doesn't compile even a GENERIC > kernel. > So, is there a way to unload a *part* of the kernel module -- namely > bfe? > > Thanks for the help, it would be great if I could get this working. And > it > should work.... since it uses the ar5211.sys driver on the windows side, > which means Atheros.... > > regards, > Mike > > >>From: Geffy >>To: Michael Roberts >>Subject: Re: DLink DWL-G650 (h/w ver. B4) >>Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:25:04 +0100 >> >>Michael Roberts wrote: >>>Greetings, >>> >>>I got DLink DWL-G650 (h/w ver. B4) pc-card recently, which is supposed >>> to >>>run 802.11g using the atheros drivers. However, I've been trying to get >>>it to work for the past three days w/o success. Other people on this >>> list >>>claim to have gotten it working, so any help would be much appreciated. >> >>I have it working on mine, but mine is version B3 Firmware 2.36 >> >>> >>>My setup is: -current (from early July) on a Dell 8600, running a >>>Broadcom ethernet interface on bfe0, and a kernel recompiled with >>> "device >>>ath" and "device ath_hal". >>> >>>When I put the Dlink card in, i get the following: >>> >>>cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=2000 >>>bfe1: < Broadcom ... > irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 >>>bfe1: BUG! Timeout waiting for bit 00000002 of register 42C to clear >>>bfe1: MII without any PHY! >>>device_attach: bfe1 attach returned 6 >>>cbb0: Cardbus activation failed. >> >>What happens if you have the card in during bootup? That seems to be the >>only way I can get it to work properly in mine. It also doesnt like my >> LAN >>card operating, so I usually have to take that down prior to setting any >> IP >>address or anything on the ath0 card. >> >>> >>>Then a few seconds later I get something like >>> >>>bfe0: BUG! Timeout waiting for bit 00000002 of register 42C >>> >>>about 6 times, and then the computer freezes. The above line is not the >>>exact output, since after the computer freezes, I can't copy the text >>>(clearly..). >>> >>>Now, the above is strange because the card should be picked up by an >>>atheros driver, not the bfe driver (note that bfe0 is my internal >>> ethernet >>>card, and the above is trying to assign the pccard to bfe1). I've tryed >>>putting in hw.pccard.debug=1 and cis_debug=1, however the computer >>> freezes >>>before I get any output from those. >>> >>>I've read in other posts on the lists that the "Resource not specified" >>>line is some sort of resource management issue, but no one has specified >>>how to fix it. And that doesn't seem to address the other issue that >>> the >>>card isn't recognized by the atheros driver. >>> >>>So... I'm at a loss as to what to do. >>> >>>Any help would be much appreciated. >>> >>>regards, >>>Mike >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! >>>http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >> >>Let me know if that helps, I am sending this directly to you because my >>hosting providers mailserver never seems able to send to the >> freebsd-mobile >>mailing-list (mailserver problem my end, not the mailing list) >> >>Geoff > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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