I'm running 4.6 (release, I think) on a Soekris Net 4501. See dmesg,
below. I recently got a Wistron CM9 (ath) mini-pci card for it (I've
been running, wired-only, for 4-5 years). I'm getting a couple
different error messages while attempting to use it. I initially thought
(hoped) that the problem was an insufficient power supply (12V 1.2A). I
have since tried two other power supplies (up to 12V 2.5A) and still
have the same problems.
Most of the time the Soekris ends up hanging or otherwise becoming
completely unresponsive until I pull the plug and reboot it. Sometimes
it takes several minutes to become unresponsive.
I've tried "ifconfig ath0 scan" but it doesn't seem to see anything--
even though I can usually see 10-12 APs from other machines. Before the
Soekris hangs, I can see it from a laptop.
I'm trying to use it in hostap mode; configuring it as described in
ath(4) like this:
inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect mediaopt hostap \
nwid my_net chan 11
I've tried bringing it up/down with ifconfig to try to reset and
reconfigure it but I can't seem to get anywhere.
At various times, I see:
ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3534594048
ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again)
continuously on the console. ath(4) says the first line should not
happen and I can't find the status code enumerated in the HAL include
file. I couldn't find anything regarding the second line,
ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup.
I also see a lot of:
/bsd: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 11 (2462 MHz)
in /var/log/messages. ath(4) says this also should not happen.
I'd really appreciate some guidance on how to debug this.
Thanks,
Daniel
OpenBSD 4.6 (GENERIC) #58: Thu Jul 9 21:24:42 MDT 2009
dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: AMD Am486DX4 W/B or Am5x86 W/B 150 ("AuthenticAMD" 486-class)
cpu0: FPU
real mem = 66678784 (63MB)
avail mem = 54636544 (52MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 20/80/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf7840
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.0 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: pcibios_get_intr_routing - function not supported
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing information unavailable.
pcibios0: PCI bus #0 is the last bus
cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
elansc0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD ElanSC520 PCI" rev 0x00: product
0 steppin
g 1.1, CPU clock 133MHz, reset 0
gpio0 at elansc0: 32 pins
ath0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Atheros AR5212" rev 0x01: irq 10
ath0: AR5213A 5.9 phy 4.3 rf5112a 3.6, FCC2A*, address 00:0b:6b:de:1d:a1
sis0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83815D:
irq 11, a
ddress 00:00:24:c1:96:70
nsphyter0 at sis0 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
sis1 at pci0 dev 19 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83815D:
irq 5, ad
dress 00:00:24:c1:96:71
nsphyter1 at sis1 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
sis2 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83815D:
irq 9, ad
dress 00:00:24:c1:96:72
nsphyter2 at sis2 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
isa0 at mainbus0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0/8 irq 14
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <CF1G133>
wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 991MB, 2030112 sectors
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using BIOS timings
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
biomask f1c5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffff
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
sis2 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "NS DP83815 10/100" rev 0x00, DP83815D:
irq 9, ad
dress 00:00:24:c1:96:72
nsphyter2 at sis2 phy 0: DP83815 10/100 PHY, rev. 1
isa0 at mainbus0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
wdc0 at isa0 port 0x1f0/8 irq 14
wd0 at wdc0 channel 0 drive 0: <CF1G133>
wd0: 1-sector PIO, LBA, 991MB, 2030112 sectors
wd0(wdc0:0:0): using BIOS timings
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
biomask f1c5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffff
softraid0 at root
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
WARNING: / was not properly unmounted # [ because it keeps hanging ]
