From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 16:14:48 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 335F4106564A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:14:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-da0-f54.google.com (mail-da0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 065BC8FC0C for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:14:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadz9 with SMTP id z9so805894dad.13 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:14:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bteLrp+nRXkBZXfn75gbPFsDmqintDTo4kKy49Ezcyw=; b=yL9MOkTLDBgaM8zuDxQf2rlH4UQ/VbsauSME3leNz9hWH6KFdyp/r12o295xueosvk TVCZeQhhsdTMD9bc/CVN5cJ4Ztm4eXpaLpMI+3nz5y7XQcShOvZlF6ZWTWoMQkfBo9ns dxsGzOLGMlU+8vfOW3e/CFrgq1dxBCNbR77F8nNOm9GJRzmEVDc7PtY3+IYbWm6dIE0s m7/ojeXZNJeeo+oL6YJXYXpyWbQkePd1c/F/qT5k55QKNx+4VASMulgmmQAj+v24O0Q+ IOP/t5rBN9mXmtbj/4fzn80XkUF21FRZWmo++dTEhHQKcbwlAuziVleTjWKwWIE3kmU7 pMHg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.225.3 with SMTP id rg3mr21613626pbc.27.1348848887205; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:14:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.16.40 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:14:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1348840098.12562.YahooMailNeo@web161302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1348840098.12562.YahooMailNeo@web161302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:14:47 -0700 Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Pawel Gogolewski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: usb wifi N X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 16:14:48 -0000 Hi, The Atheros USB 802.11n devices need to use a different driver. As of yet, noone has stepped up to do the relevant porting work. Adrian On 28 September 2012 06:48, Pawel Gogolewski wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam > > It has been known for some time that bsd-flavours of Unix try hard to be = capable of > running as much hardware as it can be. > What am I interested in is the development stage of atheros wifi drivers = for N speed > USB devices. > I am using tp link Wn 821 N and it works flawlessly under Linux. > > Now, when it comes top Freebsd, I fire up the system and under no circums= tances > can't the system even recognize the device. > What really makes me curious is the fact there's no way of loading the ua= th driver. > Kldload responses with information that it is already loaded in kernel bu= t > kldstat -v gives no clue about it. > Furthermore, 'kldload if_uath.ko' gives an error, namely that of impossib= ility of > loading the given module by hand though 'ls' recognizes it while listing > /boot/kernel directory. > > So, the point is I cannot load atheros usb wifi module by myself as it al= ready > has been done during boot but the system cannot get the module working as= well. > I am using regular version 8.3 of Freebsd at the moment, but the problem = was relevant > to the newer one too. > I didn't play with the kernel nor did I recompile it. > In addition, "ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev uath0" returns always error s= tating that > "cannot create interface wlan0" or sth. similar in meaning. > > Can anyone be so kind and explain in detail what should I do ? > > My ethernet card ( nfe0 ) worked always without any flaws but isn't the t= ime > Freebsd should move to wifi usb hardware more consistently ? > As I said Linux has had the drivers working for some time now. > > What are you waiting for ?? > > > > Pawe=C5=82 Gogolewski, EU, Poland > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"