Atheros (ath) MSI wireless embedded chipset fails to attach on 7.0-STABLE

[Sam Leffler]

Alexander Sack wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have installed FreeBSD-7.0-amd64 stable on my new AMD X2 Turon based
> notebook, a MSI-1710A (GX710Ax) which has a generic embedded
> controller.  During boot up I notice that ATH complains with:
>
> ath_rate: version 1.2 <SampleRate bit-rate selection algorithm>
> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xfd7f0000-0xfd7fffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
> ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xfd7f0000
> ath0: [MPSAFE]
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
>
> HAL status 13 from the header file seems to indicate that the
> 7.0-STABLE driver doesn't support my hardware revision.  Here is my
> pciconf -l output:
>
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x79101002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> pcib1 at pci0:0:2:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x79131002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
> pcib2 at pci0:0:4:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x79141002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
> pcib3 at pci0:0:6:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x79161002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
> pcib4 at pci0:0:7:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x79171002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
> atapci0 at pci0:0:18:0:	class=0x01018f card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43801002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ohci0 at pci0:0:19:0:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43871002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ohci1 at pci0:0:19:1:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43881002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ohci2 at pci0:0:19:2:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43891002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ohci3 at pci0:0:19:3:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x438a1002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ohci4 at pci0:0:19:4:	class=0x0c0310 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x438b1002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ehci0 at pci0:0:19:5:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43861002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> none0 at pci0:0:20:0:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43851002
> rev=0x14 hdr=0x00
> atapci1 at pci0:0:20:1:	class=0x01018a card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x438c1002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> none1 at pci0:0:20:2:	class=0x040300 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x43831002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> isab0 at pci0:0:20:3:	class=0x060100 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x438d1002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> pcib5 at pci0:0:20:4:	class=0x060401 card=0x00000000 chip=0x43841002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
> hostb1 at pci0:0:24:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11001022
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> hostb2 at pci0:0:24:1:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11011022
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> hostb3 at pci0:0:24:2:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11021022
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> hostb4 at pci0:0:24:3:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11031022
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> vgapci0 at pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x95811002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> none2 at pci0:1:0:1:	class=0x040300 card=0xaa081462 chip=0xaa081002
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> ath0 at pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x10261a3b chip=0x001c168c
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> re0 at pci0:5:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> cbb0 at pci0:6:4:0:	class=0x060700 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x71341217
> rev=0x21 hdr=0x02
> none3 at pci0:6:4:2:	class=0x080500 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x71201217
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> none4 at pci0:6:4:3:	class=0x068000 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x71301217
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> fwohci0 at pci0:6:4:4:	class=0x0c0010 card=0x42cd1462 chip=0x00f71217
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>
> ath0 is listed as rev=0x01 so I'm a little confused why I got HAL
> status 13.  Does anyone know if this chipset is supported in
> 7.0-STABLE?  If not, is it possible to try CURRENT on 7.0 which may
> fix it?  I've attached my complete dmesg output.
>
> Again, any feedback would be much appreciated!
>
>   
Try the hal in http://www.freebsd.org/~sam.

    Sam