From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 14:50:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B99C616A41C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:50:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from run_faster@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay101-f30.bay101.hotmail.com [64.4.56.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9220E43D1D for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:50:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from run_faster@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:50:43 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 64.4.56.210 by by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:50:43 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.4.56.210] X-Originating-Email: [run_faster@hotmail.com] X-Sender: run_faster@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <42AAF5F2.4010805@polands.org> From: "Luke St.Clair" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:50:43 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jun 2005 14:50:43.0320 (UTC) FILETIME=[F157B780:01C56E94] Subject: Re: netgear wg311T and ath driver attaching 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: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:50:47 -0000 Luke St.Clair wrote: >I'm attempting to use the netgear wg311T card, which I bought since the ath >man >page and docs said it is supported under FBSD. I'm using the 5.4 >release. >>Yes, I'm using one on -CURRENT >If so, is it possible to just download/compile the ath driver from >-CURRENT? If so, how? >>The driver is part of the system, you don't have to download/compile >>Simply >>put this in your /boot/loader.conf: if_ath_load="YES" >Or should I be able to make this work on a release system? >>Yes, see above. Sorry, I must not have been clear - I kldloaded the if_ath module, as specified in my first post, which is what gave me the dmesg errors. The ath0 interface then does not show up in ifconfig -a, because of the errors. So I'm not sure how, on a 5.4-RELEASE system, what you're suggesting could work. If the ath driver attached properly, yes, if_ath_load would in fact start my card automatically on boot, but the driver can't attach, so trying to attach on bootup isn't very helpful. So, the question still stands, i think - can i get this card working on a 5.4 release sytem, or do i have to use CURRENT or do something else? And if I can't get this working on current, the man page of ath REALLY needs to be updated, at the very least to specify that wg311v1 is supported, but not v2, like the OBSD man page does. Any my apologies for what must end up looking like horrible html mail from hotmail - my main mail is down temporarily.