SDIO probe: Error -84

Simon Twogood stwogood at siconix.com
Tue Nov 4 14:20:01 EST 2008


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.

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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