Ignacy Gawedzki <i@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi everyone, > > This is an old issue, about which it seems the first posts date back to 2009. > With the latest possible version of the firmware for AR9271 and the latest > possible wireless drivers, the issue is still there. Whether this is still > the exact same problem every time remains to be checked, but it is annoying > enough to deserve some consideration. > > The problem is that the driver can't talk to the device if the following > conditions are met: > > - The system cold boots with the USB dongle inserted or the USB dongle is > inserted on a running system. > > - The interface is *not* brought up. > > - The system (warm) reboots. > > Then the driver complains about the target being unresponsive after uploading > the firmware. Apparently the only way to make it work again is to unplug and > then plug the USB dongle back, physically. It seems that if the USB port is > not powered down during reboot (which happens with at least two different > setups that I've tested it with), the device is left in a broken state. > > I would gladly help in tracing down this bug if only I knew where to start. With ath6kl a cold reset helped in a similar situation. Try to find if ath9k_htc has a cold/warm reset and see if that helps. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
