#245: Formerly functioning AR5BMB5 no longer supported by HAL
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: trunk
Keywords: Unknown device 001a (rev 01)
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relavent lspci output:
{{{
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown
device 001a (rev 01)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp.: Unknown device 0418
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at e2010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
}}}
dmesg:
{{{
ath_hal: 0.9.16.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413,
DFS)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (Atheros/multi-bss)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low)
-> IRQ 11
wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL
status 13)
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0b.0 disabled
}}}
At one time this card did work with madwifi, but the snapshot used was
older than April 2005. I can't be more specific than that as the modules
and source used were lost. This problem seems to be in all of the newer
releases. I can't track one down that's old enough to use.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/245>
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Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity
