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Date:      Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:05:33 +0200
From:      Hannes Mehnert <hannes@mehnert.org>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Atheros wireless can't find 11b modes on 5.3-BETA5
Message-ID:  <20040923180533.GA5307@mehnert.org>
In-Reply-To: <200409230929.22911.sam@errno.com>
References:  <20040923160756.GA9501@chaos.obstruction.com> <200409230929.22911.sam@errno.com>

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Hi,

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 09:29:22AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> On Thursday 23 September 2004 09:07 am, Guy Middleton wrote:
> > I just installed 5.3-BETA5 on an IBM T41 with an Atheros wireless card. 
> > Boot message shows 11a and 11g rates, but no 11b:
> >

I had the same bug with FreeBSD-CURRENT and an Atheros 5212 card.

> I don't see the hal rev but this is likely caused by an old bug in the hal 
> that's long since fixed.  If you can try the existing patches you'd know for 
> sure.  I'm working to update the patches to include a fix for WEP and some 
> more updates but I'm stuck on a use-after-free bug and have no time at the 
> moment to pursue it.

Your patch (http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/net80211+ath-20040818.tgz)
fixed the problem for me (now I have 802.11a,b and g).

Best Regards,

Hannes Mehnert
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