Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 10:54:11 +0530
From: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
To: Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>
CC: Mohammed Shafi <shafi.wireless@gmail.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <rodrigue@qca.qualcomm.com>,
	Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>,
	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qca.qualcomm.com>,
	Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilb@qca.qualcomm.com>,
	<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ath9k_htc fails to initialize TL-WN721N with compat-wireless
 3.0-rc4-1
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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 <shafi.wireless@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net> 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
> [  105.136983] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID
> [  105.137000] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8)
> [  105.408496] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID
> [  105.408513] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8)
> [  105.676507] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID
> [  105.676524] ath: Multiple REGISTER READ FAILED (count: 8)
> [  105.911084] ath: Timeout waiting for WMI command: WMI_REG_READ_CMDID
Please share your PID/VID.

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Rajkumar