From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 14:28:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D829106566C for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:28:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 545C18FC15 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:28:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6PFO-0007ZO-QH for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:25:19 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:29:32 -0700 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:29:32 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100426142932.GD72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20100424203946.GA1542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424210029.GA6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424220732.00000f67@unknown> <20100424220034.GC6139@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100424235156.00007de8@unknown> <20100425191040.GA12460@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100425212630.00001bd4@unknown> <20100425231840.GB72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100425234127.GC72082@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4BD50547.1070705@daleco.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4BD50547.1070705@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Wireless networking question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:28:50 -0000 On Apr 25 2010 22:15, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > Let me preface my commentary with "I'm way out of my league", so #include > disclaimer.h and all that ... > > For starters, in re: above, didn't someone suggest "libpciaccess" as the > source for "scanpci"? I can't tell if you are misunderstanding what S > Roberts suggested, or I am misunderstanding what you are responding. > > I'm pretty sure there's some misunderstanding here, though. Thanks for your response, Kevin. I did try rebuilding libpciaccess, to no avail. I also searched elsewhere. > > I thought we had pciconf output that stated it was an Atheros chipset? > In that case, it would be the Azurewave, right? I'd suspect it might > be supported under ath(4), but you'd wanna read the manpage and possibly > even the source for any kind of confirmation on that; the manpage does > specifically say that adapters based on the AR5005VL aren't supported. > However, the manpage might be slightly out-of-date, also. Yes, pciconf says Atheros. I guess that does rule out Intel, and I see from a little searching that at least some Azurewave devices use an Atheros chipset. I, too, am a little out of my depth in this region, as is probably obvious from my posts. > > The other thing I recall seeing is that a new variant of a supported > chipset comes out, and the driver code doesn't recognize it even though > it might work well. Used to be something like a VENDOR_ID string in > the source files; I don't know if it's still the case, but if it was, > some people have been able to hack their own device support in rare > cases simply by adding the new info to the driver file and recompiling > it, but you'd want someone with a lot more $OS_foo than I have to help > out with that (or tell you if it's even possible). This is open-source > stuff; you might even get sam@ 's attention and get help from the writer > himself if you're wearing your lucky sneakers. > Yes, I've seen that done with video drivers. Perhaps I'll give it a go with the ath or uath driver, neither of which work for me out of the box (so to speak). Thanks again. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com