FreeBSD 7 doesn't see AR5212 (Netgear WPN511) via PCI/Cardbus Adapter

Michael C. Cambria mcc at fid4.com
Wed Feb 20 16:57:35 UTC 2008


Sam Leffler wrote:
> This sounds like an issue I hit recently.  It appears the cardbus code 
> broke sometime between 6.x and 7.0 causing the card to not be powered 
> up.  It looks to be specific to this bridge/cardbus chip.  Warner is 
> aware of the issue but I'm not sure if he's found time to look at it 
> (or if he can reproduce it). 
I assume you are talking about the ath based cards I've tried and not 
the PCI->Cardbus card as the later works just fine with various 802.11b 
cards (all wi) I have scattered about. 

If anyone can suggest a pci->cardbus adapter with a chipset that is 
known to work in 7.x? 

Thanks,
MikeC



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