FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 with HP nc6000 and Atheros 5212 card

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 11:36:06AM -0700, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> I tried to load the if_ath driver on this HP nc6000 notebook. This is
> on 5.3-RC1, build from source yesterday. When I do kldload if_ath, I get:
> 
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x90080000-0x9008ffff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci2
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> ath0: failed to allocate descriptors: 12
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 12
> 
> Anyone idea to make this work?

To reply to myself:

edit /boot/loader.conf and add:

if_ath_load="YES"

Made it load:

ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x90080000-0x9008ffff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci2
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:0b:cd:59:e8:09
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turbo rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps

I have no wireless access point here right now, so I can't test it
actually working.

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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