SDIO probe: Error -84

Simon Twogood stwogood at siconix.com
Tue Nov 4 14:05:27 EST 2008


I'll look the the MCI controller datasheet as well then. Thanks a lot  
for the help.

Simon

On 4-Nov-08, at 12:00 PM, David Anders wrote:

> Simon,
>
> error -84 is the EILSEQ, or Illegal Byte Sequence. based on the  
> error message you posted and the processor you are using, it appears  
> the error is being produced inside the at91_mci.c code. there are  
> two conditions listed in the code that can produce the EILSEQ,  
> without looking in detail at your MCI controller datasheet, i have  
> no idea what those conditions are.
>
>
> 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: libertas-dev at lists.infradead.org
>> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 12:43 PM
>> Yes, they are both there. A had success with the card again
>> about 30
>> minutes ago. I was able to connect to a wireless AP and
>> send pings,
>> but subsequent tries have all been errors. The adapter for
>> the SD card
>> slot is self made, so I'm not ruling out a bad
>> connection. I'm hoping
>> that figuring out what error code -84 means will give me a
>> better idea.
>>
>>
>> On 4-Nov-08, at 11:24 AM, David Anders wrote:
>>
>>> 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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