On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:55:18AM -0400, Adam M. Dutko wrote:
> When I attempt to use my wireless card (AR5424) I get the following:
>
> ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3520208968
>
> The number at the end changes when I try again.
That smells like an uninitialized value for status, to me;
try setting it to something known to be stupid and incorrect at the
top of the function.
>
> I believe I've traced where the error message is thrown to a section of code
> in src/sys/dev/ic/ath.c:
>
>
> if (!ath_hal_reset(ah, ic->ic_opmode, &hchan, AH_TRUE, &status)) {
> printf("%s: unable to reset hardware; hal status %u\n",
> ifp->if_xname, status);
> error = EIO;
> goto done;
> }
>
>
> I'm going to recompile with ATH_DEBUG=10 and see if I can get more
> information. I'm also trying to trace down the ath_hal_reset function
> to see if I can't find something in that area.
>
> Does anyone that's worked on a similar error have any "pointers?" Thanks.
