Return-path: Received: from sabertooth02.qualcomm.com ([65.197.215.38]:14907 "EHLO sabertooth02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752172Ab3CHK2m (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:28:42 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan CC: Julien Massot , , Subject: Re: ath6kl: AR6004 failed to start on computer boot References: <87ehghanxe.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <511E44B8.3000308@qca.qualcomm.com> <51262CB2.6070208@qca.qualcomm.com> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 12:28:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: <51262CB2.6070208@qca.qualcomm.com> (Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:48:26 +0530") Message-ID: <87sj46mbhn.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20130308_112845_858077_AA71F877) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan writes: > Hi Julien, > > On 02/21/2013 07:33 PM, Julien Massot wrote: >> Hi, >> I just find a quick and dirty patch to workaround this issue. >> I just reset the device on initialization failure. >> >> I hope this helps to understand the real issue. >> >> [ 7.012514] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting ath6k/AR6004/hw1.3/bdata.bin >> [ 7.035276] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: >> [ 7.035287] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), >> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) >> [ 7.035299] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), >> (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) >> [ 7.037916] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting ath6k/AR6004/hw1.3/fw-3.bin >> [ 9.378940] ath6kl: f59afe4c >> [ 9.379054] ath6kl: f59afe6c >> [ 9.379391] ath6kl_usb: probe of 1-7:1.0 failed with error -5 >> Here I reset the device. > > that was the suggestion gave by Wei. The failure it seems > check hostapp area to check target status and reset the device > if needed. > > Great that you figured it out yourself! The power of Open Source in action :) But thanks a lot Julien, it was really great that you could solve it yourself. > We will send a proper patch for this. I now sent a patch (plus few cleanups) to fix this. -- Kalle Valo