From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 15:52:12 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 09BC2106567A for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E298FC12 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:52:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so955254gve.39 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:52:10 -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:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=hHBvvqkacCAn23PZdPyIjZiGIloEVyeCmCyu+AnWk04=; b=R8ZHBgikY/JyOQCqZNd3HT9g+mPY72AORQic3nLEpyg7fvy/nhLAUg2Y+Y+54wwAOQ +0764SPp5I3ECs7RoK2zQzyJrRQZNAmau9ETmqPgjozHMiy5hC/OZrmkHhwTmLlRPAQ/ VAre+2zl9RujFpB6m2iWsw2ukUQDHWt2i4aX0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=M9PYkVAAYD/nvIkixdZYPysC/BKxJjrIy6A5Qr0dItQThsYOwa1LePW2dCDnmVqNso WqxoApunnFyK7si64Op/HmkwYkX4r4a1MMIKTf0qFczeNvIjO9h4p0Wn8xKawslxiU7S FzamLBOY4Flad1+H8lRZ6JvI8puQsq9bFJ3HY= Received: by 10.210.102.12 with SMTP id z12mr7807387ebb.52.1213717929466; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:52:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.34.1 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:52:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c0b01820806170852t39a6346doa6d77a655469eed9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:52:09 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" To: "Manolis Kiagias" In-Reply-To: <4857D8BB.1080901@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3c0b01820806170757v5565b59ne0e9d5db06f26761@mail.gmail.com> <4857D8BB.1080901@gmail.com> 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 15:52:12 -0000 On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > 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 Thank you SO much for this link. That's EXACTLY what I want to do because I realize that this is a HAL problem. I've been searching like MAD where I could get an updated binary HAL for this chipset (PCIe based). Let me give this a try, -aps