Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:03:38 +0200 From: Eugene Dzhurinsky <bofh@redwerk.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros WIFI is not recognized on FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 Message-ID: <20091216180338.GA75403@office.redwerk.com> In-Reply-To: <20091003110914.GB71004@office.redwerk.com> References: <20091003110914.GB71004@office.redwerk.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 02:09:14PM +0300, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote: > Hi there! > > I am facing some strange issue with recognizing the wifi card on my ASUS K40IN > laptop. > > pciconf -lv shows me the following: > > none5@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > class = network > > On wiki page http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee#head-47f2e69f1dd87ec8920929cef682552933095ce6 > > there is the statement: > > Wireless Atheros 9285 (supported in 8.0 only?) class=0x028000 card=0x10891a3b chip=0x002b168c rev=0xc0 hdr=0x00 > > the only difference is in "rev" property - 0x01 != 0xc0 > > The question is - is it possible to change something in the sources of kernel > so the card will be recognized? And can somebody please explain what I should > to try out? Hi again! I updated to 8.0 stable - but the Atheros card still not recognized :( Can somebody please elucidate - are there any plans for supporting this device in FreeBSD? Thank you in advance! -- Eugene N Dzhurinsky [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkspIPEACgkQy/i/DoZLbHxsYgCfZ2DfBm/TvxndR/rJWnn5WxsE 95AAn3+gIgz5GB15MzBXT1QCP/8byovq =jwuC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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