SDIO probe: Error -84

Javier Cardona javier at cozybit.com
Tue Nov 4 14:30:17 EST 2008


Simon,

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Simon Twogood <stwogood at siconix.com> wrote:
> Originally I found it in a zip archive of support files from the
> vendor. Tracking down the firmware files for this thing isn't easy.
>
> I'd love to heard of a reliable place to get known versions from.

>From the horse's mouth itself:
http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?driverId=178

Cheers,

Javier



> Simon
>
>
> On 4-Nov-08, at 12:13 PM, David Anders wrote:
>
>> Simon,
>>
>> where did you get this version of firmware from?
>>
>>
>> thanks
>> 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: "Dan Williams" <dcbw at redhat.com>
>>> Cc: libertas-dev at lists.infradead.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 1:03 PM
>>> Dan, I believe I'm using firmware version 8.108.3p2,
>>> could that be
>>> correct? This line shows up in syslog when the card works:
>>>
>>>    libertas: 00:19:88:05:11:34, fw 8.108.3p2, cap
>>> 0x00000393
>>>
>>> After loading with debug info I have been able to get the
>>> card working
>>> every time, so I can't reproduce the same error code
>>> for logging at
>>> the moment... funny how it always works that way.
>>>
>>> I'll double check that my adapter card isn't flaky
>>> and try again once
>>> I'm done. If I get the same error code, I'll post
>>> the debug output.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4-Nov-08, at 11:26 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 10:52 -0700, Simon Twogood
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Could you enable detailed debugging of the SDIO
>>> communication?
>>>>
>>>> insmod libertas.ko libertas_debug=0x5063a7
>>>> insmod libertas_sdio.ko
>>>>
>>>> Then plug the card in and report what you get.  What
>>> firmware
>>>> version is
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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