Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:09:17 -0700 From: Mike Maltese <mike@pcmedx.com> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Re: D-Link DWL-520 won't initialize Message-ID: <4118749D.7090007@pcmedx.com> In-Reply-To: <C726F0DD-EA6A-11D8-9F7E-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net> References: <1D491382-EA55-11D8-9F7E-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net> <C726F0DD-EA6A-11D8-9F7E-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net>
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David Kelly wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2004, at 5:40 PM, David Kelly wrote: > >> wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xfc000000-0xfc000fff irq 21 at device >> 0.0 on pci2 >> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000 >> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. >> : init failed >> device_probe_and_attach: wi0 attach returned 6 > > > Update: exact same card on an Asus P2B PII-400 MHz machine with FreeBSD > 4.8-p-something produced much the same results above when I did "kldload > if_wi". Difference was "attach returned 5" and the system locked hard. > > Studying D-Link's site I now know I have a "version E" card, if that > means anything. NT4 is the newest Microsoft product I have, and isn't > supported by D-Link. The D-Link instructions say their software is to be > installed before the hardware so I'm wondering if it has to be FLASH'ed > or something? I recently experienced the same thing. The wi driver only supports revision A and B cards. I ditched the E for an A and it works beautifully. Mike
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