Out of curiosity, could you post your hostname.xxx configuration files? (minus the sensitive parts of course, like wpa-psk info etc.)
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Snoop <sn...@email.it> wrote: > Hi Stephen (and anyone else), > I'm experiencing your same problem. I was looking for a solution on the > web but I'd say unsuccessfully. I couldn't found any reply to his > complaint (that is in fact the only one I've found around) and I was > wondering if you received a solution or a tip in private. > > Sorry for this late email, I usually don't like to disturb others and it > usually works (I found the solution on internet). But in this case I > didn't find anything at all! And this quite impressed me. I was thinking > that ral as AP was widely used too. > > Thanks in advance, any tip/direction is more than welcome. > > On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 03:33 +0000, Stephen Biggs wrote: >> Running 4.8 patch/stable with all updated, apm disable via config, upgraded from >> 4.7 patch/stable. >> >> Any time ral0 is initialized (in hostap mode) using, say, sh /etc/netstart, the >> following message is shown on the console: >> ral0: timeout waiting for BBP >> >> The code shows that when this happens, the device initialization is aborted and >> EIO error is returned, making 4.8 patch/stable useless for running the box as a >> wireless access point using ral. >> >> This may ordinarily point to hardware failing except for two things: >> 1. checking the code shows that the busy bit is actually cleared because no >> "cannot read from BBP" message is seen, only a 0 is returned from the version >> flash read. My guess is that some firmware is being loaded wrong onto the >> hardware in 4.8? >> ...and >> 2. ral0 initializes just fine without the timeout using either my previous 4.7 >> kernel, or the -current kernel which I am running now. >> >> The relevant parts of dmesg (relevant imho; if there is more that is needed, >> please advise) are: >> ral0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "Ralink RT2561S" rev 0x00: irq 3, address 00:24:1 >> d:39:f6:84 >> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 >> >> Also, pcidump -v shows for this device: >> B 0:14:0: Ralink RT2561S >> B B B B 0x0000: Vendor ID: 1814 Product ID: 0301 >> B B B B 0x0004: Command: 0017 Status ID: 0410 >> B B B B 0x0008: Class: 02 Subclass: 80 Interface: 00 Revision: 00 >> B B B B 0x000c: BIST: 00 Header Type: 00 Latency Timer: 20 Cache Line Size: 08 >> B B B B 0x0010: BAR mem 32bit addr: 0xe3800000 >> B B B B 0x0014: BAR empty (00000000) >> B B B B 0x0018: BAR empty (00000000) >> B B B B 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) >> B B B B 0x0020: BAR empty (00000000) >> B B B B 0x0024: BAR empty (00000000) >> B B B B 0x0028: Cardbus CIS: 00000601 >> B B B B 0x002c: Subsystem Vendor ID: 1458 Product ID: e934 >> B B B B 0x0030: Expansion ROM Base Address: 00000000 >> B B B B 0x0038: 00000000 >> B B B B 0x003c: Interrupt Pin: 01 Line: 03 Min Gnt: 00 Max Lat: 00 >> B B B B 0x0040: Capability 0x01: Power Management >> >> I don't know what to do next here. I am understandably very apprehensive about >> running a -current kernel on top of a 4.8 stable userland. B I don't want to be >> running -current at all. >> >> I was thinking about posting a bug using sendbug but that seems a bit pointless >> considering that I am right now running the -current kernel. >> >> The best case scenario would be for whomever knows what causes the -current >> kernel to work in this instance to post what relevant changes there are (or a >> patch?) or better yet, post a patch to the errata so I can go back to a 4.8 >> stable kernel with the patch. >> >> What is interesting about this is that I can't find any other mention of this >> problem anywhere else on the Internet. B I would have thought that a lot of >> people would be running ral0 as an access point and would have found this. >> >> If this is only local to me, I would sure appreciate any advice on how to track >> this down. >> > > > > > B -- > B Caselle da 1GB, trasmetti allegati fino a 3GB e in piu' IMAP, POP3 e SMTP autenticato? GRATIS solo con Email.it http://www.email.it/f > > B Sponsor: > B Idee Regalo Personalizzate a partire da euro 3.90! Su MisterCupido.com alta qualit` a prezzi imbattibili... e questa settimana GRATIS per te, la confezione regalo! > B Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=11027&d=12-12
