SDIO probe: Error -84

David Anders dave123_aml at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 4 13:24:05 EST 2008


Simon,

the card does have to be present when loading the module as the libertas_sdio.ko will try to upload the firmware to the device. i assume you have the sd8686_helper.bin and sd8686.bin files in the /lib/firmware directory?


dave



--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Simon Twogood <stwogood at siconix.com> wrote:

> From: Simon Twogood <stwogood at siconix.com>
> Subject: Re: SDIO probe: Error -84
> To: dave123_aml at yahoo.com
> Cc: "Simon Twogood" <stwogood at siconix.com>, libertas-dev at lists.infradead.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 12:19 PM
> As a kernel module. I've tried loading the module after
> the card is
> inserted into the SD slot and before with the same results.
> If I insert
> the libertas card before loading the module, I do get a
> syslog message
> saying "mmc0: new SDIO card at address 0001".
> 
> Simon
> 
> > Simon,
> >
> > are you loading the libertas driver as a module or
> compiled into a
> > monolithic kernel?
> >
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 11/4/08, Simon Twogood
> <stwogood at siconix.com> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Simon Twogood <stwogood at siconix.com>
> >> Subject: SDIO probe: Error -84
> >> To: libertas-dev at lists.infradead.org
> >> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 11:52 AM
> >> Hello all, when inserting my Wi2Wi, libertas 8686
> based,
> >> SDIO card I
> >> more often than not get the message:
> >>
> >>    libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver
> >>    libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman
> >>    firmware: requesting sd8686_helper.bin
> >>    libertas: failed to load helper firmware
> >>    libertas_sdio: probe of mmc0:0001:1 failed with
> error
> >> -84
> >>
> >> I'm using Linux 2.6.27.4 on an Atmel
> AT91SAM9263, and I
> >> have had
> >> success with this card once or twice already, but
> this
> >> error comes up
> >> almost always. I have not been able to determine
> what error
> >> -84 means,
> >> can anyone tell me? I do have the binary firmware
> and
> >> helper inside
> >> of /lib/firmware.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Simon
> >>
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