Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 23:56:20 -0700 From: "D. Goss" <lists@dylangoss.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: atheros supported wireless card not seen under 5.4 release - help please Message-ID: <8BFF1489-CAF6-45EA-916D-BF43D06A2B70@dylangoss.com> In-Reply-To: <475D9772-6D5C-4FBD-B635-2518DD61BE54@dylangoss.com> References: <475D9772-6D5C-4FBD-B635-2518DD61BE54@dylangoss.com>
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On Jul 1, 2005, at 11:40 PM, D. Goss wrote: > I've been happy with my limited use of FreeBSD and am slowly > propagating it to other machines I can find... :) > > I've just installed 5.4 release (generic) onto an older Dell > Inspiron 7500 laptop. I'm trying to get a PCMCIA wireless network > card working and having problems. > > The card is Atheros based and hence listed as supported under the > harware list (NEC PA-WL/54AG) via ath(4). If I ifconfig the card > is not shown, I only see the loopback. > > dmesg shows cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no > driver attached) > > Finally, the card has been shown to work in another laptop under > another OS so I know the hardware is good. > Just went off to check GENERIC - I'm (obviously) new to this but it seems that ath is not in GENERIC, correct? I'll try rebuilding with it... Sorry if it was that - d.
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