#370: Problem during the boot: "wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware
revision not supported' (HAL status 13)"
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner: mrenzmann
Type: defect | Status: assigned
Priority: major | Milestone: version 0.9.0 - move to new
codebase
Component: madwifi: other | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: Hardware revision not
supported (HAL status 13)
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Changes (by mrenzmann):
* milestone: => version 0.9.0 - move to new codebase
* status: new => assigned
* owner: => mrenzmann
Old description:
> I got an Acer laptop with (lspci):
>
> 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown
> device 001a (rev 01)
>
> and kernel linux-2.6.15.1
>
> My problem is that when i boot Gentoo after a Windows session the madwifi
> driver works very well
> but if i directly boot Gentoo (which is in 99% of case) the modules are
> regulary loaded, but i got this from dmesg:
>
> ath_hal: 0.9.16.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413,
> RF5413, DFS)
>
> wlan: 0.8.4.2 (svn 1440)
>
> ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (svn 1440)
>
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (svn 1440)
>
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
>
> wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL
> status 13)
>
> ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0b.0 disabled
>
> I don't know how to solve this problem
New description:
I got an Acer laptop with (lspci):
{{{
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown
device 001a (rev 01)
}}}
and kernel linux-2.6.15.1
My problem is that when i boot Gentoo after a Windows session the madwifi
driver works very well
but if i directly boot Gentoo (which is in 99% of case) the modules are
regulary loaded, but i got this from dmesg:
{{{
ath_hal: 0.9.16.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413,
RF5413, DFS)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (svn 1440)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (svn 1440)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (svn 1440)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL
status 13)
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0b.0 disabled
}}}
I don't know how to solve this problem
Comment:
From a short discussion on IRC:
{{{
#!blockquote
<FaSe> if i set the bios to boot as first the net and then i escape it
then the wireless works well
<FaSe> or if i boot windows first
<FaSe> it's like the chip is sleeping
}}}
That reminds me about an issue I've seen with DP83815/83816 chips in
Mikrotik's RB230 and some WRAP boards: the Bios doesn't enable these
network interfaces, which causes problems when a driver tries to
initialize them.
Note to self: try to import a patch from Donald Becker's scan_pci stuff to
check if the found devices have been enabled or not and provide that as
patch for testing. It could be that this solves this issue, at least it
would be worth a try.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/370>
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Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity
