Atheros WIFI is not recognized on FreeBSD 8.0-RC1

[Paul G Webster]

Would also like to say, 8.0-RELEASE. it seems that setting the correct  
'rev' in the devid.h somehow conflicts with another AR card..

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:09:10 -0000, Paul G Webster  
<mailinglists at alchemy-networks.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi same problem here as well, I tried fixing it in devid.h but doing so  
> causes a compilation error, I have no idea where to go from here either,  
> its a shame that the card seems to be supported but the driver does not  
> notice it. sorry about the double reply by the way Eugene I replied  
> directly to you by accident in the first mail
>
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:03:38 -0000, Eugene Dzhurinsky <bofh at redwerk.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 02:09:14PM +0300, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote:
>>> Hi there!
>>>
>>> I am facing some strange issue with recognizing the wifi card on my  
>>> ASUS K40IN
>>> laptop.
>>>
>>> pciconf -lv shows me the following:
>>>
>>> none5 at pci0:5:0:0:	class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c  
>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>     class      = network
>>>
>>> On wiki page  
>>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee#head-47f2e69f1dd87ec8920929cef682552933095ce6
>>>
>>> there is the statement:
>>>
>>> Wireless Atheros 9285 (supported in 8.0 only?) class=0x028000  
>>> card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00
>>>
>>> the only difference is in "rev" property - 0x01 != 0xc0
>>>
>>> The question is - is it possible to change something in the sources of  
>>> kernel
>>> so the card will be recognized? And can somebody please explain what I  
>>> should
>>> to try out?
>>
>> Hi again! I updated to 8.0 stable - but the Atheros card still not  
>> recognized
>> :(
>>
>> Can somebody please elucidate - are there any plans for supporting this  
>> device
>> in FreeBSD?
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>
>


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