From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 02:06:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 967FB106566C for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:06:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07408FC12 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:06:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.unitedinsong.com.au (abracadabra.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.80]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BBF5C22; Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:49 +1000 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: AtMail Atmail Open 1.04 Message-ID: <55924.1310696149@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: "Maciej Milewski" , , "Polytropon" X-Origin: 192.168.0.184 X-Atmail-Account: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:49 +1000 From: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: atheros 9285 wifi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:06:28 -0000 On Thu 14/07/11 9:28 PM , Maciej Milewski wrote:On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- wrote: > > So are you saying I can't just grab the ath module? >=20 > Depends. Maybe a newer version of the module requires a more > recent version of the kernel, because a new interface or > function was added... >=20 > > I'd rather stick to release, but I guess if I'm having to rebuild the > > kernel each update... >=20 > You _can_ try to just compile (1st step) and load (2nd step) > the module with the RELEASE kernel, but it's not guaranteed > to work. Both steps may require updates in sources or in the > running kernel as illustrated above. You may try to get ath driver from -HEAD and compile it with your RELENG_8=20 tree[1]. There are many fixes for this chipset in the -HEAD. The coming 9 will=20 have it(I don't know the timeframe for the release though) [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-May/000224.html [2]" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-= May/000224.html Ok, I tried that- I did look into running stable as well, something Polytropon mentioned which twigged and I thought I might go that way, but looking into it further it is still a development branch. I think I need a bit more stability for my users. I bit the bullet and built subversion (which I'm more comfortable with than cvs) and pulled down ath from head (specifically head/sys/dev/ath, head/sys/modules/ath, head/sys/modules/ath_pci - tried stable as well, but got the same result as now). I'm having trouble building though (if I need to switch to a different list let me know - just a little painful with no working network): I get some odd file not found errors on some includes (headers from ath_hal specifically), and when I fix that I get HAL_PHYERR_PARAM not defined errors which I can't quite figure out. A point in the right direction will do; right now I'm getting lost in the maze a bit. I'm going to keep trying to untangle this, but some assistance would be appreciated. Cheers ------------------------- Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ Links: ------ [2] http://webmail.unitedinsong.com.au/parse.php?redirect=3D