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Date:      Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:55:15 +0530
From:      wahjava.ml@gmail.com (Ashish Shukla =?utf-8?B?4KSG4KS24KWA4KS3IA==?= =?utf-8?B?4KS24KWB4KSV4KWN4KSy?=)
To:        Ian <ianglenn@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ath: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3; attach returned 6
Message-ID:  <8763q5b72c.fsf@chateau.d.lf>
In-Reply-To: <a93b1ebb0808121226u3df73130he1dde6dea242d1cd@mail.gmail.com> (Ian's message of "Tue\, 12 Aug 2008 15\:26\:05 -0400")
References:  <a93b1ebb0808121226u3df73130he1dde6dea242d1cd@mail.gmail.com>

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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. The 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

HTH
Ashish Shukla
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