Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:15:31 -0400 From: Ian <ianglenn@gmail.com> To: "Sam Leffler" <sam@freebsd.org> Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Ashish_Shukl?= =?UTF-8?Q?a_=E0=A4=86=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=80=E0=A4=B7?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5=81=E0=A4=95=E0=A5=8D=E0=A4=B2?= <wahjava.ml@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3; attach returned 6 Message-ID: <a93b1ebb0808131915x72b2e422p27643fda1e03e5ec@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48A303CE.2020006@freebsd.org> References: <a93b1ebb0808121226u3df73130he1dde6dea242d1cd@mail.gmail.com> <8763q5b72c.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <a93b1ebb0808130548i2dd8899dg887cffca365a316d@mail.gmail.com> <48A303CE.2020006@freebsd.org>
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That sounds like a fairly accurate assessment of the issue. The only thing that makes me hesitate is that based on a report I have read (http://mjoc.sig.lt/papers/freebsd/vaio/vaio_freebsd.html); There where no problems with the PCMCIA when he installed freeBSD 5.3. So I guess the questions after this point go in this order: 1. Could something have changed from 5.3 to 7.0 that would have stopped it from working? 2. The cardbus on the working system is a Micro, Inc. The vaio is a Ricoh Co chipset (both according to lspci). So this may indicate that the issue may lie in the cardbus. Where can I find the work being done on the support? 3. If this does not correct the issue, could it be from a physical breakage= ? Thank you for your attention. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> wrote: > This is likely a cardbus issue. The hal status code is: > > HAL_EIO =3D 3, /* Hardware didn't respond as expected */ > > (look in sys/contrib/dev/ath/ah.h) and it typically means the sanity > check/self test done at startup failed. > > For fun you might check if the cardbus chip on the two laptops are > different. Warner just recently fixed some cardbus issues in HEAD (w/ Ri= coh > bridge chips I believe) but the symptoms were different. > > Sam > > Ian wrote: > >> I am running the latest ath_hal from http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/<htt= p://people.freebsd.org/%7Esam/> >> >> I likely should have mentioned that in the first place >> >> The wireless card is picked up fine when I move the harddrive to another >> laptop. Which >> would likely rule out the possibility that the issue is within the chips= et >> (unless I am >> severely misguided, which I won't rule out). >> >> Also I am running a generic kernel of FreeBSD-7.0 STABLE (though the iss= ue >> was still there when >> I had RELEASE running) >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Ashish Shukla =E0=A4=86=E0=A4=B6=E0=A5= =80=E0=A4=B7 =E0=A4=B6=E0=A5 =E0=A4=95=E0=A5 >> =E0=A4=B2 <wahjava.ml@ >> gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Ian writes: >>> >>> >>>> Goal: >>>> to have Wireless Atheros based NIC run on my Sony Vaio >>>> Background: >>>> The computer in question is a Sony Vaio PCG R505-JL w/ slimdock. >>>> The >>>> >>>> >>> CD-ROM >>> >>> >>>> is broken. >>>> I used a second computer and installed it on the second computer, then >>>> transfered the >>>> hard drive to the vaio. >>>> This problem is not present on the computer I installed it on. Th= e >>>> card >>>> works Out-of box. >>>> dmesg output: >>>> >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> >>> >>>> ath0: <Atheros 2413> mem 0xf4110000-0xf411ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on >>>> cardbus0 >>>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>>> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3 >>>> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 >>>> >>>> >>> Above output indicates, wireless chip not accepting the HAL >>> firmware. You can try the latest HAL available from following URL: >>> >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz<http://people.freeb= sd.org/%7Esam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz> >>> <http://people.freebsd.org/%7Esam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz>; >>> >>> HTH >>> Ashish Shukla >>> -- >>> =C2=B7-- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7=C2=B7 =C2=B7--- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2= =B7=C2=B7- =C2=B7- =C2=B7--=C2=B7-=C2=B7 --=C2=B7 -- =C2=B7- =C2=B7=C2=B7 >>> =C2=B7-=C2=B7=C2=B7 =C2=B7-=C2=B7-=C2=B7- -=C2=B7-=C2=B7 --- -- >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------= -- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g >>> " >>> >> >
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