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From: S Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com>
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Subject: Solved - Atheros AR9285 on FreeBSD-8 [WAS: Re: Wireless networking
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Hello Chip,

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:03:21 -0700
Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote:

> On Apr 30 2010 13:39, S Roberts wrote:
> > Hello Chip,
> >       Good to hear from you..,
> >=20
> > On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:52:13 -0700
> > Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote:
> >=20
> > > On Apr 26 2010 22:00, Carl Chave wrote:
> > > > > More info: =A0I found the following in the output of pciconf
> > > > > -vl:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > none3@pci0:2:0:0: =A0 =A0 =A0 class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x10891a3b
> > > > > chip=3D0x002b168c rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Ather=
os
> > > > > Communications Inc.' class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D network
> > > >=20
> > > > >From here:
> > > > http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=3D174
> > > >=20
> > >=20
> > > It looks like someone has already patched 8.0-STABLE:
> > >=20
> > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D6310&highlight=3DAtheros=
+AR9285
> > >=20
> > > The link to the .diff file 404's now, though.  How can I get a
> > > copy?
> > >=20
> > > Or maybe I should just upgrade to STABLE?
> > >=20
> >=20
> > Well.., personally, I'd ping the patch author to confirm, but "Yes",
> > bumping to next STABLE would be the preferred option myself..,
> >=20
> > Regards,
> >=20
> > S Roberts
>=20
> Just for closure:  upgrading to 8.0-STABLE went smoothly, and the
> wireless device works!
>=20

Excellent - good to hear you got it all working.

For posterity, I've updated the Subject Line so that others may benefit
from this..,

Regards,

S Roberts

> Thanks for the help.
>=20