3com 3crwe154a72 on FreeBSD 5.2.1

[Kees Jan Koster]

Dear Andrew,

>
> | I am experiencing difficulties when I try to make my 3com card work |  
> for my FreeBSD laptop.
> |
> | Tech specs:
> |   Dell Latitude C610
> |   FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC #1
> |   3com OfficeConnect 3CRWE154A72 wireless LAN card
> |
> | When I insert the card I get the following message on the console:
> |
> | pcib2: device cardbus0 requested decoded memory range  
> 0xf4000000-0xfbffffff
> | pcib2: device cardbus0 requested decoded memory range  
> 0xf4000000-0xfbffffff
> | found-> vendor=0x168c, dev=0x0013, revid=0x01
> |         bus=4, slot=0, func=0
> |         class=02-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
> |         cmdreg=0x0000, statreg=0x0290, cachelnsz=8 (dwords)
> |         lattimer=0xa8 (5040 ns), mingnt=0x0a (2500 ns), maxlat=0x1c  
> (7000 ns)
> |         intpin=a, irq=11
> |         powerspec 2  supports D0 D3  current D0
> | cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> | cbb0: CardBus card activation failed
> |
> | What am I doing wrong?
> |
> | Possibly relevant other dmesg output:
> |
> | pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
> | pcib2:   secondary bus     2
> | pcib2:   subordinate bus   16
> | pcib2:   I/O decode        0xe000-0xffff
> | pcib2:   memory decode     0xf4000000-0xfbffffff
> | pcib2:   prefetched decode 0xfff00000-0xfffff
>
> This card (vendor=0x168c, dev=0x0013) based on Atheros AR5213 chip.
> Atheros chips supported by ath(4) driver. See manual pages ath(4)
> <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+5.2.1-RELEASE>
> for checking supported chips.
>
The ath driver is indeed the one the I needed. I added it to my kernel  
config. Thank you for your quick and helpful response.

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