Re: NetBSD on the Fonera

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:50:48PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> 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
>         [email protected]:/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

Hmm.

        HAL_EEVERSION   = 5,    /* EEPROM version invalid */

We need to bring ath(4), net80211, and HAL up-to-date with FreeBSD's.

Dave

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