From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 19 06:03:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBCC106566B for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 258808FC1E for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 19 Mar 2008 06:03:06 -0000 Received: from dslb-084-063-058-045.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.1.100]) [84.63.58.45] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 19 Mar 2008 07:03:06 +0100 X-Authenticated: #931807 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/RLsEFwUjRvntvJWYSpJcdZT4D6OKmWKDAgQfAmM vETTAV3Y70+ks2 Message-ID: <47E0ACB5.6050509@nurfuerspam.de> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:03:33 +0100 From: Markus Dolze User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <20080315133937.139370@gmx.net> <47DBF93A.3060905@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <47DBF93A.3060905@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath card with two antennas and rfkill question X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:03:09 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > Markus Dolze wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I recently got a Compex WLM54G mini-pci card for my Toshiba 6100. I >> connected the two internal antennas the laptop has and the card if >> working fine, except that the laptop's "wireless switch" does not >> work. I cannot turn the radio off (better this than the other way >> round). I remember having read that this switch is connected to one of >> the mini-pci pins and signals the card to turn off the radio. Why >> doesn't it work then? Or is it a software / driver issue? >> > > rfkill is handled several different ways and there is no automatic way > for the driver to arrange handling (e.g. by reading the eeprom). If > the switch is delivering a gpio interrupt then the current driver > doesn't support that. What you need to do is identify the gpio > pin+polarity and then add a handler to ath_intr to turn the radio > on+off. If you want to pursue that contact me off-line for help (none > of my laptops have this setup). > I give up on this. I installed Windows XP and tested with some Atheros' driver as well as with the one Toshiba supplies and none worked. The RF stays always on and the "wireless on/off hotkey" on the keyboard doesn't work either. So don't expect this to work on FreeBSD. Regards Markus