Re: [Madwifi-users] Driver says "Hardware error"

[Tino K. <tin...@we...>]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 12:23:52 -0700, Carl Thompson wrote:
> Quoting Tino Keitel <tin...@we...>:
> 
> > ...
> 
> > I just tried a kernel 2.4.21-ac4 with ACPI and the first message when I
> > loaded the driver:
> >
> > ath0: hardware error; resetting
> 
> These messages are "normal."  You can ignore them unless you are getting a
> lot of them.
> 
> > I have this ACPI related messages in my kernel log:
> 
> > ...
> 
> > evxfevnt-0318 [06] acpi_disable_event    : Could not disable
> > global_lock events
> > evxfevnt-0318 [06] acpi_disable_event    : Could not disable
> > sleep_button events
> > evxfevnt-0139 [06] acpi_disable          : ACPI mode disabled
> 
> I've never seen that before!
> 
> > PCI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries
> 
> Your laptop's IRQ routing is broken.  ACPI is broken.  Probably not a good
> machine for Linux, unfortunately.

Why? I don't need ACPI because APM gives me all I need and works
stable. 

I installed a BIOS update and now I get this:

PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing

However, I still get the hardware reset message every minute or
something. A also believe my card has a hardware defect since it will
behave weired when I move it around a little bit if it's inserted
(sometimes it even occurs if I just move the notebook or hit the the
return key). Crappy D-Link hardware...

Regards,
Tino