Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:46:33 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, Maciej Milewski <milu@dat.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atheros 9285 wifi Message-ID: <4E200C79.9030104@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <55924.1310696149@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <55924.1310696149@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On 15/07/2011 03:15, freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: > > 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? > > > > Depends. Maybe a newer version of the module requires a more > > recent version of the kernel, because a new interface or > > function was added... > > > > > I'd rather stick to release, but I guess if I'm having to rebuild > the > > > kernel each update... > > > > 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 > tree[1]. There are many fixes for this chipset in the -HEAD. The > coming 9 will > 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="_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. are you following the instructions from Adrian (currently the ath maintainer) here http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=23594 I do this myself and its working well. (atheros 9280 though) Vince > Cheers > ------------------------- > Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ > > Links: > ------ > [2] http://webmail.unitedinsong.com.au/parse.php?redirect=<a href= > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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