3 different ral(4) pcmcia card (same chip) give the same error

Is damien_at_ still active in ral(4) development?
I'm posting here in case he's not.

many thanks
anton


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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:07:35 +0100
From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas_at_bristol.ac.uk>
To: damien_at_freebsd.org
Subject: 3 different ral(4) pcmcia devices give the same error

Hi Damien

On amd64 r213648 I've 3 different ral(4) cards, all giving

ral0: could not read from BBP
ral0: timeout waiting for BBP

According to ral(4) man page, all 3 cards should work.

The full details are below.

Please advise

many thanks
anton


######################################################################
Sitecom WL-112
MAC: 00:0C:F6:0F:EF:D5
SN: WL11244809326
#####################

ral0_at_pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x9070182d chip=0x02011814 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Ralink Technology, Corp.'
    device     = 'Ralink Chipset 802.11b/g WLAN Card ( RT2560F)'
    class      = network

ral0: <Ralink Technology RT2560> mem 0xb7fb4000-0xb7fb5fff irq 20 at device 0.0
on cardbus0
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x00), RF RT2522

ral0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b)
        country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
        bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 1
        bintval 0

ral0: could not read from BBP
ral0: timeout waiting for BBP

######################################################################
MSI Micro-Star International
CB54G2, 802.11 b/g compliant
MAC: 00:11:09:E7:0A:F9
SN: MS-6835B0501095335
#####################

ral0_at_pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x68351462 chip=0x02011814 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Ralink Technology, Corp.'
    device     = 'Ralink Chipset 802.11b/g WLAN Card ( RT2560F)'
    class      = network

ral0: <Ralink Technology RT2560> mem 0xb7fb4000-0xb7fb5fff irq 20 at device 0.0
on cardbus0
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x00), RF RT2522

ral0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b)
        country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
        bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 1
        bintval 0

ral0: could not read from BBP
ral0: timeout waiting for BBP

######################################################################
ASUS
CB54G2, 802.11 b/g compliant
MAC: 00:11:09:E7:0A:F9
SN: MS-6835B0501095335
#####################

ral0_at_pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x107f1043 chip=0x02011814 rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Ralink Technology, Corp.'
    device     = 'Ralink Chipset 802.11b/g WLAN Card ( RT2560F)'
    class      = network

ral0: <Ralink Technology RT2560> mem 0xb7fb4000-0xb7fb5fff irq 20 at device 0.0
on cardbus0
ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x00), RF RT2522

ral0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
        status: no carrier
        ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b)
        country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
        bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 1
        bintval 0

ral0: could not read from BBP
ral0: timeout waiting for BBP

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