From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 00:57:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB05E106567F; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:57:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADCCC8FC0C; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:57:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m8K0vJ8q040725 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:57:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48D44A6F.1020408@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:57:19 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: frank@exit.com References: <20080828002919.GA54169@alpha.local> <4734a3ed0809150659n438a5b20r59278908f4032a45@mail.gmail.com> <20080919155900.P29264@life-gone-hazy.com> <1221868355.63110.2.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <1221868355.63110.2.camel@jill.exit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC--Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Duane Wessels <0ac5@packet-pushers.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ath_hal updated to 0.10.5.10 -- PLEASE TEST X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:57:36 -0000 Frank Mayhar wrote: > On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:02 -0700, Duane Wessels wrote: > >> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Henri-Pierre Charles said: >> >> >>> I've tried 7.1-BETA and 8.0-CURRENT-200809 on my eeepc model 701 >>> >>> 7.1 does not recognize ath0, as expected, but 8.0-CURRENT does. >>> >> For the record, the same is true for my Acer Aspire One. After >> updating sys/contrib/dev/ath to HEAD I now have a working ath0. >> hooray! >> > > On the other hand, mine doesn't. I have a brand new Lifebook E8420 and > I believe the Atheros wireless chipset is an a/g/n chipset. It lists > as: > > none0@pci0:32:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x147c10cf chip=0x002a168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > > I read somewhere that this chipset is supported by the new ath9k Linux > driver but, of course, I run FreeBSD. > That's a merlin part (aka 9280); I've got untested changes to support it. Unfortunately I don't have a card so it may take a while to get something out. Unfortunately it's not feasible for me to send out test code to try until I can actually work w/ a card. Sam