OK, here it goes! I opted to attach only the part which refers to the AR9485. If you'd need the rest, feel free to ask me. As the adapter seems to be a PCI (or PCI-e) device, I omitted the lsusb -v output. It is also provided the output of lshw, which shows some information about I/O space. In fact, I don't know if that information is accurate or relevant, but it is not shown in lspci -vvv. Hope it can help. Thanks, Luiz --- lspci -vvv -s 04:00.0 ---------------------------------- 04:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Device 4105 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr+ Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 1020 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at fea00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Expansion ROM at fea80000 [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable+ 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Masking: 00000000 Pending: 00000000 Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <64us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+ RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr+ NoSnoop- MaxPayload 16384 bytes, MaxReadReq 16384 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch+ ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis+ LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn- Capabilities: [140 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Capabilities: [160 v1] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 Kernel modules: ath9k ------------------------------------------------------------ --- lshw --------------------------------------------------- *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 15 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 memory:fea00000-feafffff *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: iomemory:ffffffff0-fffffffef memory:fea00000-fea7ffff memory:fea80000-fea8ffff ------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, Sep 20, 2012, at 12:12, Sujith Manoharan wrote: > Luiz Ramos wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Recently I changed the laptop, and there's something wrong with the new > > Wifi adapter, which is an Atheros AR9485. Now, when I do modprobe ath9k, > > a message like this is registered in dmesg: > > > > ath9k: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -5 > > > > The OS installed in that machine is a Slackware 13.37 with the stock > > kernel. I've tried, following some google research, using the > > compatibility backport kit. I've downloaded some versions, but now I > > stick with compat-wireless-3.5.3-2-sn in order to eliminate variables. > > > > After some turns, I've put some printk() in > > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c, and my final conclusion is that the > > time is running out in the routine ath_hw_wait() when waiting for the > > register 0x7044 have some value, like showed by one message raised by > > one of the printk() inserted in the code: > > > > ath9k_hw_wait(): ret=0(timeout (100000 us) on reg 0x7044: 0xffffffff & > > 0x0000000f != 0x00000002) > > Can you attach the output of lspci -vv and lsusb -v ? > > Sujith > -- Luiz Carlos Ramos luizzramos@xxxxxxx -- 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