[rt2x00-users] Indirect register access failed

[Antonio Quartulli]

On ven, giu 11, 2010 at 11:47:39 +0200, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote:
> On 06/11/10 11:41, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > On ven, giu 11, 2010 at 11:17:41 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> >> Am Freitag 11 Juni 2010 schrieb Antonio Quartulli:
> >>> On ven, giu 11, 2010 at 11:06:28 +0200, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> >>>> Am Freitag 11 Juni 2010 schrieb Antonio Quartulli:
> >>>>> On ven, giu 11, 2010 at 12:11:16 +0200, Vladimir Botka wrote:
> >>>>>> Jun 11 00:07:10 calpella kernel: [ 6828.735900] phy0 -> rt2800pci_load_firmware: Error - PBF system register not ready.
> >>>>>> Jun 11 00:07:10 calpella kernel: [ 6828.736466] phy0 -> rt2x00pci_regbusy_read: Error - Indirect register access failed: offset=0x00007010, value=0x55555555
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It seems the same error that happens to me!
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, it's the exact same error :(
> >>>>
> >>>>> I got this error from kernel version 2.6.34....To use the driver I must
> >>>>> use the kernel 2.6.33 (with the latest driver from wireless-testing of
> >>>>> course!)
> >>>>
> >>>> So, you're using 2.6.33 + compat-wireless and it works? And when you switch
> >>>> to 2.6.34 + compat-wireless it fails?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Exactly!
> >>> I did a lot of test with different version, and I always get the same
> >>> result: every woring driver on .33 has this problem on >33...should I
> >>> try .35-rc2?
> >>
> >> You could, but I guess that wouldn't give us more information about the
> >> issue itself.
> >>
> >> It's just strange, because if you use the same driver (rt2800pci from
> >> compat-wireless) the actual kernel version shouldn't matter much ...
> >>
> >> Maybe something more generic in the PCI code changed? But I'm not familiar
> >> enough with the PCI code to actually have an idea.
> > 
> > I am thinking the same, since in that part the driver doesn't call any
> > particular kernel function..it just reads!
> > 
> 
> What we may have to do is start analyzing the hardware on which this is going wrong
> (not just the WLAN NIC, but also the hardware platform itself).
> For instance, both on my netbook (Asus EEE-PC 1000H) and my PC/server (AMD dual-CPU)
> I am not experiencing this problem at all.

Actually I'm testing my NIC card on my SONY VAIO NR21Z, but, at this
point, I will test it on my EEEPC 901 and I will report the results.

> 
> ---
> Gertjan.
> 
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Antonio Quartulli

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