Hi Rajkumar, Thanks for your reply. On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 03:23:42PM +0530, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:54:11AM +0530, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 01:32:37PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > > Hi shafi, > > > > > > [Sorry for the duplicate, lost the Cc's the first time around.] > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 07:39:40PM +0530, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Forest Bond wrote: > > > > >> Now the module loads fine and appears to load the firmware correctly, but the > > > > >> interface never comes up.  Here's what happens when I insert the device: > > > > >> > > > > >> [  206.657723] Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.0-rc4-1 > > > > >> [  206.657732] Backport based on linux-2.6-allstable.git v3.0-rc4 > > > > >> [  206.864667] Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain > > > > >> [  207.714633] usb 5-7: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51288 > > > > >> [  207.861037] ath9k_htc 5-7:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits > > > > >> > > > > >> At this point the interface is not visible in the output of ifconfig.  Something > > > > >> has gone wrong with USB, because lsusb hangs until I unplug the device, at which > > > > >> point I see the following in dmesg: > > > > >> > > > > >> [  225.464212] usb 5-7: USB disconnect, address 5 > > > > >> [  225.592282] ath: Reading Magic # failed > > > > >> [  225.592310] ath: no band has been marked as supported in EEPROM > > > > >> [  225.592315] ath: Unable to initialize hardware; initialization status: -22 > > > > >> [  225.592321] ath: Unable to initialize hardware; initialization status: -22 > > > > >> [  225.592336] Failed to initialize the device > > > > >> [  225.592400] ath9k_htc: probe of 5-7:1.0 failed with error -22 > > > > >> [  225.712249] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc > > > > > > > > > > something wrong in reading EEPROM, please post the kernel log for > > > > > sudo modprobe ath9k_htc debug debug=0x404 > > > > > > > > please do > > > > sudo modprobe ath9k_htc debug=0xffffffff > > > > this will give lots of information > > > > > > [ 98.421395] Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.0-rc4-1 > > > [ 98.421405] Backport based on linux-2.6-allstable.git v3.0-rc4 > > > [ 98.638709] Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain > > > [ 99.219353] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc > > > [ 103.829197] usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 > > > [ 103.985215] usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > > > [ 104.288053] usb 5-7: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51288 > > > [ 104.448323] ath9k_htc 5-7:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits > > > [ 104.453395] ath: UNDEFINED -> AWAKE > > > [ 104.454654] ath: serialize_regmode is 0 > > > [ 104.686218] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_WRITE_CMDID > > > [ 104.686240] ath: REGISTER WRITE FAILED, multi len: 9 > > > [ 104.901237] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID > > > [ 104.901259] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x9c00, -110) > > > [ 104.901276] ath: Reading from EEPROM, not flash > > > [ 105.911084] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID > > Please share your PID/VID. 0cf3:9271 > And also for compat-wireless-v3.0-rc4-1, FW version should be 1.3 and fw size > should be 51272. But in your case size is 51288 which is 1.2. Please upgrade fw > to 1.3 and test again. > > http://wireless.kernel.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/htc_9271.fw Okay. I had tried both versions previously; neither seems to work any better than the other. Here is dmesg using firmware version 1.3: [ 102.984766] Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.0-rc4-1 [ 102.984775] Backport based on linux-2.6-allstable.git v3.0-rc4 [ 103.213468] Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [ 103.798281] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc [ 108.482070] usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 [ 108.643105] usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 108.996663] usb 5-7: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 51272 [ 109.135499] ath9k_htc 5-7:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits [ 109.140526] ath: UNDEFINED -> AWAKE [ 109.141769] ath: serialize_regmode is 0 [ 109.383151] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_WRITE_CMDID [ 109.383168] ath: REGISTER WRITE FAILED, multi len: 9 [ 109.609805] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 109.609822] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x9c00, -110) [ 109.609835] ath: Reading from EEPROM, not flash [ 109.824058] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 109.824079] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 110.042132] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 110.042148] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 110.260786] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 110.260802] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 110.482613] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 110.482629] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 110.719736] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 110.719753] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 110.953628] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 110.953645] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 111.195035] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 111.195057] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 111.432953] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 111.432975] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 111.668211] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 111.668227] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 111.903626] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 111.903642] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 112.135695] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 112.135711] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 112.370919] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 112.370936] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 112.603491] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 112.603508] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 112.841972] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 112.841988] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 113.065412] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 113.065428] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 113.300441] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 113.300458] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 113.536889] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 113.536906] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 113.774809] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 113.774826] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 114.012001] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 114.012018] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 114.245297] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 114.245314] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 114.476929] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 114.476946] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 114.753310] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 114.753327] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 114.966595] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 114.966611] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8) [ 115.193618] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 115.193634] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 4) [ 115.462402] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 115.462419] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x2000, -110) [ 115.685667] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 115.685684] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 115.918681] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 115.918703] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 116.152756] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 116.152773] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 116.391881] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 116.391898] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 116.629244] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 116.629265] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 116.860197] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 116.860214] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 117.094108] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 117.094124] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 117.325535] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 117.325551] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 117.578615] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 117.578632] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 117.819951] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 117.819968] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 118.055933] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 118.055950] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 118.329876] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 118.329893] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 118.563992] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 118.564009] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 118.803279] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 118.803296] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 119.045193] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 119.045209] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 119.294820] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 119.294832] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 119.536403] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 119.536421] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 119.764358] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 119.764375] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 120.002647] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 120.002664] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 120.223089] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 120.223107] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 120.450418] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 120.450435] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) [ 120.701625] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID [ 120.701638] ath: REGISTER READ FAILED: (0x407c, -110) I appreciate your help on this. Thanks, Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net http://www.rapidrollout.com