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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:16:49 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FBSD10 Atheros wifi not working
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Wait, you don't have this problem on the install image when running from USB?


-a


On 14 April 2014 04:16, Da Rock
<freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> Finally got the email client working again on the walking dead system :)
>
> On 04/14/14 13:57, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>
> I was hoping you were tuned in. If you can get this thing sorted again I'll
> owe you one!
>
>>
>> You never said exactly what hardware it is Can you include a dmesg of
>> the relevant bits during boot?
>
> Sorry, that was a bit remiss wasn't it? I had the info to put in too... its
> the AR9285 atheros chipset.
>
> dmesg is a bit harder being on a different system. I'll try and get the info
> in order though, at the time I was reading off the scrolling output from
> vt1. The error(s) are repetitive though, so I'll just offer one cycle. It
> doesn't seem to necessarily follow any real order though, from my
> observation.
>
> ath0: ath_reset_grablock: didn't finish after 10 iterations
> ath0: ath_reset_grablock: warning, recursive reset path!
> ath0: ath_reset: concurrent reset! danger!
> ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14
> ath0: ath_chanset: unable to reset channel <channel>, hal status 14
> ...
> ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14
>
>>
>> Anything like the above kinda indicates there's some bigger issue going
>> on.
>
> I can't imagine its a hardware issue as it seems to work with other systems
> (like the install memdisk). I thought with the hal debug sysctl being
> available it would offer more info, but it seems it may not even be in the
> kernel although there is a sysctl. I tried compiling a new kernel with the
> debug options, but the backup battery is not working properly so it depends
> on ntpd to set the correct time, and the make requires the correct time set;
> so I'll have to address that before I can continue that course.
>
> Argh! The joys of Murphy and his damned laws!
>
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13 April 2014 17:59, Da Rock
>> <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> The subject line may not be very descriptive, but I'm not sure exactly
>>> where
>>> to point as to the problem. All other similar issues are a few years old
>>> now, and on 8,9, some 7's.
>>>
>>> Long story short I'm just installing 10 (finally) on my laptop, and I
>>> need
>>> to get it back up and running asap as I am swamped in work. I didn't
>>> think
>>> it would be an issue as 9 had a decent working ath driver and I thought
>>> it
>>> could only get better. I'm now emailing using yet another system with the
>>> same device on 9, but a dying hdd which obviously also needs a reinstall
>>> on
>>> new hdd. Wired is no good as we aren't equipped.
>>>
>>> So in bsdinstall, all works well and it sets up wifi easily. Reboot into
>>> the
>>> new system an it has a coronary with messages from ath_reset_grablock,
>>> ath_reset, ath_raw_xmit, ath_chan_set, ath_legacy_rx_tasklet:
>>>
>>> ath_reset: concurrent reset! danger!
>>>
>>> ath_reset_grablock: didn't finish after 10 iterations
>>> ath_reset_grablock: warning, recursive reset path!
>>>
>>> ath_chan_set: concurrent reset! danger!
>>>
>>> ath_raw_xmit: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; bailing
>>>
>>> ath_legacy_rx_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; bailing
>>>
>>> Scanning doesn't work; ath0 says it is associated, but wlan0 says no
>>> channel.
>>>
>>> I've set dev.ath.0.hal.debug=1, but there is no ath.0.debug either under
>>> dev
>>> or hw. I tried compiling the tools but it failed for lack of gcc.
>>>
>>> TIA guys, but I am really under the pump here as I thought this would be
>>> a
>>> quick up and go now with the pkgng system as well in play. Now I'm up the
>>> proverbial creek without a paddle.
>>>
>>> Cheers
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