Atheros 5413 Troubles

[Gilbert Mendoza]

Having trouble getting an OQO Model 02 Atheros card work with madwifi. Previously worked well with 7.04 packaged kernel. The module loads, but fails to recognize hardware.

"lsb_release -rd"
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

"sudo lspci -vv" snippit:
03:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5413 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. EnGenius EMP-8602 (400mw) or Compex WLM54AG (SuperAG)
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
        Region 0: Memory at c2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

"sudo lshw -C network" snippit:
  *-network:0 UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR5413 802.11abg NIC
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:03:04.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=96 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10

"dmesg" snippit:
[ 39.126779] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 39.197874] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 39.636045] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 39.781290] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 39.803937] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:04.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 39.804108] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)

"lsmod | grep ath":
ath_pci 101024 0
wlan 207728 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 192592 1 ath_pci

"iwconfig" shows no devices with wireless extensions, and of course no ath0 or wlan0 device.

I also have tried latest SVN of Madwifi, and this does not work either. Different message, though. I will also file a bug report on Madwifi list.

[ 37.358162] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 37.443494] ath_hal: 0.9.30.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133)
[ 37.872595] wlan: svn r3574
[ 38.270212] ath_pci: svn r3574
[ 38.270363] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:04.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 38.270535] MadWifi: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)

Kernel modules included with 7.04 worked, however.

[Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza)]

Opened a ticket with madwifi.org, which can be viewed here:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1912

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

Same problem with a
0a:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
(which is a A5005G I believe...)

regards

[Brian J. Murrell (brian-interlinx)]

The silence is deafening. Anyone got any solutions?

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi gmendoza,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.