Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:39:37 +0100 From: "Markus Dolze" <bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: ath card with two antennas and rfkill question Message-ID: <20080315133937.139370@gmx.net>
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Hello, I recently got a Compex WLM54G mini-pci card for my Toshiba 6100. I connected the two internal antennas the laptop has and the card if working fine, except that the laptop's "wireless switch" does not work. I cannot turn the radio off (better this than the other way round). I remember having read that this switch is connected to one of the mini-pci pins and signals the card to turn off the radio. Why doesn't it work then? Or is it a software / driver issue? My system is: 'FreeBSD kirika.zzz.de 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #2: Mon Jan 21 23:49:38 CET 2008 root@zzz.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KIRIKA i386' 'sysctl dev.ath.0' shows (amoung others): dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212 dev.ath.0.%driver: ath dev.ath.0.%location: slot=10 function=0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB.MPC0 dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001a subvendor=0x168c subdevice=0x2052 class=0x020000 dev.ath.0.%parent: pci2 dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0 dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0 dev.ath.0.rxantenna: 1 dev.ath.0.diversity: 1 I am wondering as well: What are the countrycode, tx/rxantenna and diversity settings for? I found no documentation about these. Or are these settings read-only? How are the antenna numbers counted? Should I have 'txantenna=1'? What does the 'countrycode' do and should I set any value (like 49 for Germany)? Thanks Markus D.
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