Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:05:58 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Francois Kritzinger <francoisk777@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DWL-G520 rev. b3 (AR5213 chipset) Message-ID: <43CD4E26.1000402@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <3cc1a1cc0601170605k77dc519cp@mail.gmail.com> References: <3cc1a1cc0601170605k77dc519cp@mail.gmail.com>
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Francois Kritzinger wrote: > Hi > > Is this card (DWL-G520 rev. b3 with the AR5213 chipset ) supported in > 6.0 yet? Because it doesn't appear to be: > > ---------------------------------------------- > pciconf -lv: > ath0@pci0:6:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3a131186 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR5213 802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > dmesg: > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xdffe0000-0xdffeffff irq 17 at device 6.0 on pci0 > ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > ---------------------------------------------- > > If not, will it be sometime soon? > > Also, the reason I bought this card was because ath(4) explicitly says > that the DWL-G520 rev. b works in 5.4 and 6.0, which is a lie in the > case of rev. b3, so someone should update this manpage. Of course, > this was probably before D-LInk decided to upgrade this card's chipset > to the AR5213 (the manpage thinks this card has the AR5212 chipset). There's a hal out for test at www.freebsd.org/~sam; it should handle the part. See previous postings from me to current@. Sam
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