On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:42:34PM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20050210031337.GK14667@dublet.org>,
> Wouter Klouwen  <dublet@dublet.org> wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I recently purchased a NetGear WiFi card for one of my laptops which
> >currently had no WiFi (Compaq Armada E500). Upon plugging in the card, it
> >gets detected and the following is spit out:
> >
> >ath0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0
> >ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 3
> >
> >however, plugging it into my IBM ThinkPad R51 gives me:
> >
> >ath0 at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0
> >ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 5ghz radio 4.6
> >ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> >ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps
> >36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> >
> >The Armada runs a stock 2.0 install, but with a 2.99.15 kernel (naughty, I
> >know), and the ThinkPad runs a 2.0 install, but with a 2.99.14 kernel
> >(again, very naughty).
> >
> >What is HAL status 3, and how do I get it to work on my Armada?
> >
> 
> Probably needs a newer hal. David Young who maintains the driver said
> he will import it soon from FreeBSD. You can try adding it yourself...

IIUC, Wouter's card works on one machine, but not another.  I don't see
why the HAL should act any different between the two.  Do other Cardbus
cards work ok in the Armada, Wouter?

Dave

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