Subject: ath(4), HAL status 13 (was: atheros driver)
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Petar Bogdanovic <p+netbsd@2005.smokva.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/28/2005 14:57:22
Dear David,
> I have imported net80211 from FreeBSD, resolved conflicts, and create
> some compatibility shims. It was compiling when I ran out of time to
> work on it, and I put it aside. By popular demand, I am going to pick
> it up again.
may I ask, how many people represent a 'popular demand'? :)
I have the same G520-problem and I'm very sad about it, because I tried
everything to avoid hardware-issues this time.. but it seems, that
hardware-issues will follow me until I'm ripe for the nursing home. :(
Kind regards,
Petar
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:13:16PM +0200, Karl Janmar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I just purchased a new wlan card, a dlink DWL-G520 (PCI). When I boot I
> get this message from the ath driver:
> ath0 at pci2 dev 6 function 0
> ath0: interrupting at irq 5
> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
>
> pcictl gives this:
> 002:06:0: Atheros Communications AR5212 Wireless LAN (ethernet network,
> revision 0x01)
>
> I suspect that this have something to do with too old HAL version in the
> ath driver for this card?
>
> So I have decided to take the bull by the horn and incooperate the
> newest changes from freebsd/madwifi.
>
> Is it somebody who can give me some hints on how this is best/fastest
> done? Unfortunantly I have very limited time now and need a fast
> solution or I will use freebsd when doing my stuff with the card.