From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 16:38:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509A9106568D for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3DC98FC18 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so2381078fxm.14 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=hzrYvXe9SrZVJCQ0T0qkQ3jBPcJWn9m39u25XuOkQZg=; b=k+diXCTiYh6Ieoyt/VdZ2I1lAlIFgUZiJL8aMy34cUNOKnU3eb5bulCloJjaZUtn15 OfA1fB2gAbzOFYUaNDsih51FiX4+EfI2T/qLOK0wB8jXXo1iyBdHxTn3L/T5/NL2kiyH 9KbbvPM6K5M63ON5nFb4KnTreaVxxSiw142gg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=D59a4jjiOzx+73l/OEz1RPtA1Hqso57NFyDP0yKo8dU7ioN6x19TSF3U1FErg/+MIU DuC/BUzNR+EReZwR8PpqMlL3NSx8cFhm/s/58DuuLeudeNAJVHiMvKsdWcOEyPdXRQKY HLGpY5/3A39phk5ftAt1bqD0DyA4hXG0iXBqY= Received: by 10.223.100.8 with SMTP id w8mr9745863fan.81.1261413512746; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.10.3? (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm1972603fxm.14.2009.12.21.08.38.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:30 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: <20091216180338.GA75403@office.redwerk.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:26 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2AE8BAD7-C374-4323-8443-B669C495FE34@gmail.com> References: <20091003110914.GB71004@office.redwerk.com> <20091216180338.GA75403@office.redwerk.com> To: Eugene Dzhurinsky X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:04:20 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros WIFI is not recognized on FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:34 -0000 On 16 Dec 2009, at 18:03, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote: > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 02:09:14PM +0300, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote: >> Hi there! >>=20 >> I am facing some strange issue with recognizing the wifi card on my = ASUS K40IN >> laptop. >>=20 >> pciconf -lv shows me the following: >>=20 >> none5@pci0:5:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x10891a3b = chip=3D0x002b168c rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 >> vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >> class =3D network >>=20 >> On wiki page = http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee#head-47f2e69f1dd87ec8920929cef682552933095= ce6 >>=20 >> there is the statement: >>=20 >> Wireless Atheros 9285 (supported in 8.0 only?) class=3D0x028000 = card=3D0x10891a3b chip=3D0x002b168c rev=3D0xc0 hdr=3D0x00=20 >>=20 >> the only difference is in "rev" property - 0x01 !=3D 0xc0 >>=20 >> The question is - is it possible to change something in the sources = of kernel >> so the card will be recognized? And can somebody please explain what = I should >> to try out? >=20 > Hi again! I updated to 8.0 stable - but the Atheros card still not = recognized > :( >=20 > Can somebody please elucidate - are there any plans for supporting = this device > in FreeBSD? >=20 > Thank you in advance! Have you tried using if_ndis? -- Rui Paulo