From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 15:31:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21E2F1065671 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A3BD8FC0A for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:31:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so951281gve.39 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=A2FJuwDamHLMbZFRhxRBxdRnZlP4dg0uqqfd9W4swNM=; b=HdwrpHJBTXlLsA+vs7ulNEVrUljDEPE2BF+l2+nKjah/myLRulLtRLg2sTSRbHG5ad 7LgtTFWhY8TK5irH0T34/jkKovK5WoYnQYQ55+HPmTeciah1lY8xaay6jNVyrtoceKim KAEDGrCDadcFaSn99BL4G9KLE+REDl9g7LHIc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IBD0yAc70kOCMeaJpLOR/XNpiDYdu/3bwfMdtX2cBtHfqzjPjsKsqumcrBR2svEh67 oYOctoKdM6QHgJvo67sh4Pvy0RpyPCh0Pcu4toMsFxuLriZgCC2/gCA7Ep5c3d3o6fA+ 3bjJPSJJRJW3KH/U8o63ErQsi4bra1Auch9Zc= Received: by 10.210.82.7 with SMTP id f7mr7787530ebb.140.1213716671999; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from joshua.freebsdgr.org ( [79.129.131.229]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z34sm10983238ikz.9.2008.06.17.08.31.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:31:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4857D8BB.1080901@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:31:07 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Sack References: <3c0b01820806170757v5565b59ne0e9d5db06f26761@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3c0b01820806170757v5565b59ne0e9d5db06f26761@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros (ath) MSI wireless embedded chipset fails to attach on 7.0-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:31:14 -0000 Alexander Sack wrote: > Hello: > > I have installed FreeBSD-7.0-amd64 stable on my new AMD X2 Turon based > notebook, a MSI-1710A (GX710Ax) which has a generic embedded > controller. During boot up I notice that ATH complains with: > > ath_rate: version 1.2 > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: mem 0xfd7f0000-0xfd7fffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 > ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfd7f0000 > ath0: [MPSAFE] > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > > HAL status 13 from the header file seems to indicate that the > 7.0-STABLE driver doesn't support my hardware revision. Here is my > pciconf -l output: > Maybe you could try compiling a kernel with a newer hal. This is the kind of hack we use on the eeepc. Have a look at this: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD