Hi, I'm running OpenBSD 5.8 i386 on an Acer Aspire One ZG5. Wifi doesn't work. I've attached the dmesg output. The device has a wifi switch, which doesn't seem to have any effect on this problem. On FreeBSD and Linux everything works as expected.
"ifconfig ath0 scan" shows no networks: ath0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:23:4d:49:47:91 priority: 4 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect status: no network ieee80211: nwid "" If the device wasn't upped yet, the following dmesg line appears: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 36 "ifconfig ath0 up" adds the UP flag in the ifconfig output and also gives the same dmesg line. However, "scan" still won't find any networks. If the device is already up, another "ifconfig ath0 up" gives hal status 917125121 instead. Because it couldn't find any networks, I've tried to create my own. "ifconfig ath0 mode 11g mediaopt hostap nwid test up": ath0: flags=8823<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 lladdr 00:23:4d:49:47:91 priority: 4 groups: wlan media: IEEE802.11 autoselect status: no network ieee80211: nwid test And dmesg output is: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3223349734 No wireless network with ssid "test" could be found by my other devices. I hope this helps! :) - Nick OpenBSD 5.8 (GENERIC.MP) #1098: Sun Aug 16 02:38:27 MDT 2015 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR real mem = 1060085760 (1010MB) avail mem = 1026465792 (978MB) mpath0 at root scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: date 05/09/08, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe9180 (32 entries) bios0: vendor Acer version "v0.3301" date 05/09/2008 bios0: Acer AOA150 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT HPET APIC MCFG ASF! SLIC BOOT acpi0: wakeup devices P32_(S4) UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) ECHI(S3) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) AZAL(S0) MODM(S0) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges cpu0: apic clock running at 133MHz cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.0.2, IBE cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,EST,TM2,SSSE3,xTPR,PDCM,MOVBE,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 4 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 4 acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xe0000000, bus 0-255 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 5 (P32_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (EXP1) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP2) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP3) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 4 (EXP4) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: !C3(100@57 io@0x416), !C2(500@1 io@0x414), C1(1000@1 halt), PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: !C3(100@57 io@0x416), !C2(500@1 io@0x414), C1(1000@1 halt), PSS acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0 acpibtn2 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit offline acpivideo0 at acpi0: OVGA bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xec00! cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1597 MHz: speeds: 1600, 1333, 1066, 800 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Host" rev 0x03 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945GME Video" rev 0x03 intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0x40000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1 drm0 at inteldrm0 inteldrm0: 1024x600 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation) "Intel 82945GM Video" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801GB HD Audio" rev 0x02: msi azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC268 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 2:0:0: mem address conflict 0xfffe0000/0x20000 re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8101E" rev 0x02: RTL8102EL (0x2480), msi, address 00:1e:68:f2:88:1c rlphy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8201L 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ath0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 18 ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 10.2 eeprom 5.3, WOR5_ETSIC, address 00:23:4d:49:47:91 ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 18 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 19 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 16 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb4 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe2 pci5 at ppb4 bus 5 ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GBM LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GBM SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD1200BEVT-22ZCT0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 114473MB, 234441648 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 6 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x02: apic 4 int 17 iic0 at ichiic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-DIMM usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 irq 1 irq 12 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pms0: Synaptics touchpad, firmware 7.2 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 uvideo0 at uhub0 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. USB 2.0 Camera" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 2 video0 at uvideo0 vscsi0 at root scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets root on wd0a (4d90a43caff76405.a) swap on wd0b dump on wd0b ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 36 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 36 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 917125121 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3223349734 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3223349734 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3223349734 ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 917125121