Re: NetBSD on the Fonera

[chriscureau%bellsouth.net@localhost]

I mistakenly replied to David only, so I will pass this on to the list as well.

I've posted the kernel messages below.  The ath0 device doesn't seem to see the 
wireless chip.  I'd like to do get it supported, but I'm really not sure where 
to start.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris 

RedBoot> go
MIPS32/64 params: cpu arch: 32
MIPS32/64 params: TLB entries: 16
MIPS32/64 params: Icache: line = 16, total = 16384, ways = 4
                 sets = 256
MIPS32/64 params: Dcache: line = 16, total = 16384, ways = 4
                 sets = 256
  picache_stride    = 4096
  picache_loopcount = 4
  pdcache_stride    = 4096
  pdcache_loopcount = 4
Memory size: 0x01000000
[ Kernel symbol table missing! ]
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007, 2008
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 4.99.49 (MERAKI) #0: Sat Dec 22 03:28:53 CST 2007
        
chris%netbsd.addpower.com@localhost:/home/chris/fon/src/sys/arch/evbmips/compile/obj/MERAKI
Atheros AR2315
total memory = 16384 KB
avail memory = 13556 KB
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: 184.00MHz (hz cycles = 920000, delay divisor = 92)
cpu0: MIPS 4KEc (Rev 2) (0x19064) Rev. 100 with software emulated floating point
cpu0: 16KB/16B 4-way set-associative L1 Instruction cache, 16 TLB entries
cpu0: 16KB/16B 4-way set-associative write-back L1 Data cache
wdog0 at mainbus0: 5 second period
arbus0 at mainbus0
com0 at arbus0 addr 0x11100000 cpu irq 0 misc irq 0: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
ae0 at arbus0 addr 0x10500000 cpu irq 2: Atheros AR531X 10/100 Ethernet
ae0: Ethernet address 00:18:84:23:f8:cc
ukphy0 at ae0 phy 0: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: AC101L 10/100 media interface (OUI 0x0010a9, model 0x0012), rev. 1
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ae0: WARNING: powerhook_establish is deprecated
ath0 at arbus0 addr 0x10000000 cpu irq 1: Atheros 2315 WiSoC
ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 5
ath0: ath_attach failed
arspi0 at arbus0 addr 0x11300000 cpu irq 0 misc irq 2: Atheros SPI controller
spi0 at arspi0: SPI bus
m25p0 at spi0 slave 0
spiflash0 at m25p0: STMicro M25P64 SPI flash
spiflash0: 8192 KB, 128 sectors of 64 KB each
root device:


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 08:35:30PM +0000, chriscureau%bellsouth.net@localhost 
> wrote:
> > Hi there!
> > 
> > I have been playing around a little with getting a usable NetBSD router and 
> thought that the Fonera would be a good place to start.  The only problem 
> that I 
> have is that the Atheros wireless drivers are incomplete.  Does anyone know 
> what 
> all needs to be done to finish the wireless driver, or is anyone working on 
> this?
> 
> Can you elaborate a bit on how they are incomplete?  I know that the
> ath(4) in NetBSD-current does not support many later models of Atheros
> chip, but I thought that the Fonera was quite similar to the Meraki Mini,
> which we definitely do support.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -- 
> David Young             OJC Technologies
> dyoung%ojctech.com@localhost      Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 ext 24