From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 1 01:02:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419161065670 for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 01:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17EE48FC18 for ; Sat, 1 May 2010 01:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O812e-0003cQ-Ca for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:58:49 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:03:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:03:21 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100501010321.GA17149@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100429225213.GP77578@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100430133937.000043fc@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20100430133937.000043fc@unknown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Wireless networking question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 01:02:45 -0000 On Apr 30 2010 13:39, S Roberts wrote: > Hello Chip, > Good to hear from you.., > > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:52:13 -0700 > Chip Camden wrote: > > > On Apr 26 2010 22:00, Carl Chave wrote: > > > > More info:  I found the following in the output of pciconf -vl: > > > > > > > > > > > > none3@pci0:2:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b > > > > chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor     = 'Atheros > > > > Communications Inc.' class      = network > > > > > > >From here: > > > http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=174 > > > > > > > It looks like someone has already patched 8.0-STABLE: > > > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=6310&highlight=Atheros+AR9285 > > > > The link to the .diff file 404's now, though. How can I get a copy? > > > > Or maybe I should just upgrade to STABLE? > > > > Well.., personally, I'd ping the patch author to confirm, but "Yes", > bumping to next STABLE would be the preferred option myself.., > > Regards, > > S Roberts Just for closure: upgrading to 8.0-STABLE went smoothly, and the wireless device works! Thanks for the help. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com