From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 13:48:26 2012 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 57040106564A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:48:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawelgpn@yahoo.ca) Received: from nm35-vm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm35-vm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [72.30.238.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 00F6A8FC15 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:48:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.212.149] by nm35.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2012 13:48:19 -0000 Received: from [98.139.215.230] by tm6.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2012 13:48:19 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1070.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2012 13:48:19 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 51573.55289.bm@omp1070.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 21420 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Sep 2012 13:48:18 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1348840098; bh=1gRLWAIAxRRKkuArlFhMxbc5l/4xUUWvr3bxCC7fVh4=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=XfMCo6ayabPAtMcfDimG3i/QUXFDSRaD0ynGZ5ACcSe2/jsjCpdHQtnMlZgXC42Dh2vk+P3yf/hWCn4pQ7gzd404OXm/LpQm/eLhJVmpt6q4Z98TjzZO1PaWBTeMk2GbgceDV9elCk5sNvJ7j4Q8JeZJUR1Wyz1tcid52iRYM+g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Je+Irmtb1m/35ozmClmwiMW+tDE0aGHt57fi6AEIzT+4Sf4BppjunIMfGCG3jG/tHWoHhCVLgEVLcTDzEOd/wZVK3c8I8Q+ABYZ4I2aQiANheb25/6cJzTYJXwsZ8aheBd+4XkypIqxqQ7wLkwjrG+FN0vzx6zxIpa1q23PXCmk=; X-YMail-OSG: LCgJTR8VM1k1fjR983JE1d1xpXEU2Wpx6ukEch79W6YwWhO xI05O1o0nychH0jqU32xquJLD3Aq3mzcOqf2QZ2upzHoahv_bm6JheXmc0K4 .djpDNS0LRsA5x2W92wsKpaX39ToqAf.NBGPPtSYJQJgC0wq6SVHahueZAzU On3VMciuzsYrl8Yi7IRLTVnUyhajPXCti04tsUGXreVv2KE6TQ.n_jEJaCCA 11aN7tCBLX9VUc.oXtJ6PUm722ofEmNKp0zTBjP8Y3Tt_5cmfGF4inoTDDaK gx5gogufN9N2BEVS3H6YQbVhIGaEigo2nJLsgJHNXXVnxDJd2rSKX1_TLDdE mFrfPc8ZDhaS3Z6UDoIKLLJyB43WoReJgWFEjj.4W7daqHYV0m39KHREUoHN ipQ_TmPAhWThsQmkG0Yg5sLLngfCqfN2_.zk- Received: from [77.65.73.134] by web161302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:48:18 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.121.434 Message-ID: <1348840098.12562.YahooMailNeo@web161302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:48:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Pawel Gogolewski To: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:43:11 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: usb wifi N X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pawel Gogolewski 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: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:48:26 -0000 Dear Sir/Madam=0A=0AIt has been known for some time that bsd-flavours of Un= ix try hard to be capable of=0Arunning as much hardware as it can be.=0AWha= t am I interested in is the development stage of atheros wifi drivers for N= speed =0AUSB devices.=0AI am using tp link Wn 821 N=C2=A0 and it works fla= wlessly under Linux.=0A=0ANow, when it comes top Freebsd, I fire up the sys= tem and under no circumstances =0Acan't the system even recognize the devic= e.=0AWhat really makes me curious is the fact there's no way of loading the= uath driver.=0AKldload responses with information that it is already loade= d in kernel but =0Akldstat -v gives no clue about it. =0AFurthermore, 'kldl= oad if_uath.ko' gives an error, namely that of impossibility of =0Aloading = the given module by hand though 'ls'=C2=A0 recognizes it while listing=0A/b= oot/kernel directory.=0A=0ASo, the point is I cannot load atheros usb wifi = module by myself as it already=0Ahas been done during boot but the system c= annot get the module working as well.=0AI am using regular version 8.3 of F= reebsd at the moment, but the problem was relevant=0Ato the newer one too.= =0AI didn't play with the kernel nor did I recompile it.=0AIn addition, "if= config wlan0 create wlandev uath0" returns always error stating that=0A"can= not create interface wlan0" or sth. similar in meaning.=0A=0ACan anyone be = so kind and explain in detail what should I do ?=0A=0AMy ethernet card ( nf= e0 ) worked always without any flaws but isn't the time=0AFreebsd should mo= ve to wifi usb hardware more consistently ?=0AAs I said Linux has had the d= rivers working for some time now.=0A=0AWhat are you waiting for ??=0A=0A=0A= =0APawe=C5=82 Gogolewski, EU, Poland