ath(4) fails to attach

[Sevan / Venture37]

Hello,
I tried a atheros chipset pcmcia NEC Aterm WL54AG card in my ThinkPad 
running head & found the driver doesn't attach, I built a new kernel 
with ATH_DEBUG, AH_DEBUG & ATH_DIAGAPI options set & set 
hw.ath.hal.debug to 0xffffffff in /boot/loader.conf (based on advice 
found in the archive of this list to other people experiencing issues).
src was updated earlier today before kernel was rebuilt.

output from pciconf
none2 at pci0:6:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x8139821f chip=0x0013168c 
rev=0x01
hdr=0x00
     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
     device     = 'Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter'
     class      = network
     subclass   = ethernet


on inserting card, kernel reports:

unknown: Lazy allocation of 0x10000 bytes rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xd4000000
cbb0: Opening memory:
cbb0: Normal: 0xd4000000-0xd400ffff
cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xff
cbb0: Opening memory:
pcib3: allocated memory range (0xd4000000-0xd400ffff) for rid 10 of 
pci0:6:0:0
unknown: Lazy allocation of 0x10000 bytes rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xd4000000
cbb0: Opening memory:
cbb0: Normal: 0xd4000000-0xd400ffff
cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xff
cbb0: Opening memory:
cardbus0: Warning: Bogus CIS ignored
found->	vendor=0x168c, dev=0x0013, revid=0x01
	domain=0, bus=6, slot=0, func=0
	class=02-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
	cmdreg=0x0002, statreg=0x8210, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
	lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x0a (2500 ns), maxlat=0x1c (7000 ns)
	intpin=a, irq=16
	powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
ath0: <Atheros 5212> irq 16 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
pcib3: allocated memory range (0xd4000000-0xd400ffff) for rid 10 of ath0
ath0: Lazy allocation of 0x10000 bytes rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xd4000000
cbb0: Opening memory:
cbb0: Normal: 0xd4000000-0xd400ffff
ar5212Attach: sc 0xffffff80053f9000 st 0x1 sh 0xfffffe00d4000000
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212ChipTest: address test failed addr: 0x00008000 - wr:0x00000000 != 
rd:0xffffffff
ar5212Attach: hardware self-test failed
ar5212Detach:
Detaching Ani
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> AWAKE (set chip )
ar5212MacStop:Failed to stop the MAC state 0x6
ar5212SetPowerMode: AWAKE -> FULL-SLEEP (set chip )
ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 14
cbb0: Opening memory:
device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6


Sevan