From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 14:06:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929FB1065673 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:06:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB0638FC2B for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:06:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: (qmail 26089 invoked by uid 0); 15 Mar 2008 13:39:37 -0000 Received: from 84.245.173.68 by www055.gmx.net with HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:39:37 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:39:37 +0100 From: "Markus Dolze" Message-ID: <20080315133937.139370@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #931807 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18Qt7d8DLUQuyzC+5jf/ypZ/muntt9Ur1fnillFL4 x/jwOgt0KfF5/10H3m7BM1NvidO4pRRdO4lw== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-GMX-UID: q+jof0QCMmA6cbRbZWFn/oc5MjQ1N50D Subject: ath card with two antennas and rfkill question X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:06:20 -0000 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.