From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 5 13:29:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F0801065673 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 13:29:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86BF28FC15 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 13:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh11 with SMTP id 11so4913949vxh.13 for ; Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:29:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=97DQbvxbrDBN6tzQA5fc+RNhyn7a35vGqWnShnpJdDE=; b=Mj8dPGoA9wFmdlDY1KmJDnSLTrlA/f8WDPZvp9Gy3AEpeVwQ7jp445A1Lc3Q26pHtE GkQbpBt/UtSM91PwYj2LTk+Zjb5Yz0jjlMw0vOX0xFhAEhgtohs6lG0VhFBJXqwM+bvA gqNyolfYGryGZl/SMiN7IMudvhJ+j/6rIU8LE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.93.143 with SMTP id cu15mr3959367vdb.60.1315229391768; Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.33.49 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Sep 2011 06:29:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201109052323.15363.geoff@apro.com.au> References: <201108290134.50561.geoff@apro.com.au> <201109052323.15363.geoff@apro.com.au> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 21:29:51 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: quVOOmbZcFNNyg4VKi_47EJw7p0 Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: geoff@apro.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: Atheros 5212 based card causing system freeze - suggested replacement? X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:29:53 -0000 Are you able to try booting 8.0-RELEASE or 8.1-RELEASE via CD, with only 2GB of RAM? I don't have any further ideas, I'm afraid. But I'd really like to nail this down before 9.0-REL is working, so let's see if we can find a working setup. Adrian On 5 September 2011 21:23, Geoff Roberts wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 08:27:19 am Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hi, have you had a chance to try your system with < 4G ram? > > Sorry for the delay in getting back. > > I was only able to get a 4GB stick of RAM. Not what we were after, but I tried > it anyway and the system still froze during boot. > > I also tried a 32 bit 9.0 Beta 2 boot disk without any luck. > > I can keep this card in the new PC to work with you on testing/debugging in > the PCI slot, but I need to get the wireless network back up. > > Leaving the current card in the PCI slot leaves me a spare PCI express slot. > > Are there any PCI express cards you are aware of (or chipsets I should look > for in a PCI express wireless card) that work OK with FreeBSD and could host > VAPs? > > Kind regards, > > Geoff > > >