Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:38:24 -0800 From: James Colannino <james@colannino.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: The Atheros 9285 patch on 8.0-stable Message-ID: <4B6E7C00.60203@colannino.org>
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Hey everyone, I have an Asus EEE PC 1005HA, which has an Atheros 9285 wireless chipset. I discovered that Rui Paulo wrote a driver, and put up a patch for the 8.0 stable kernel here: http://people.freebsd.org/~rpaulo/ar9285_stable_8.diff It seems to have worked for some people. After patching and re-compiling my kernel, it did manage to detect the device on my machine, but unfortunately, I'm unable to scan for networks or associate with my network. Here's what happens: The machine boots, and I see the ath0 interface when I run ifconfig. I then run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0' and successfully create wlan0. However, when I run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 scan', the command doesn't seem to do anything, and I eventually have to CTRL-C it. Has anybody else had this problem? Is it a known issue? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? It was mentioned that testers were needed for this driver, and I'd love to help out if possible. If anybody wants me to send any additional information, just let me know. Thanks so much everyone! James
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