From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 04:00:48 2010 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 C985C106566B for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kingedgar@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D858FC1A for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj15 with SMTP id 15so81697gwj.13 for ; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=WX0HNLQWPyKZO+Jp4OAcgO1VSBroFjDxltFGSrj3xhs=; b=mEYw6uq+BKeMuDQpwFatiLr/TeWn56p/mjTb36KsXLMAtobrEePkk+wkDrjHpakaoi 6A0GGSgnpBd8Dc+y1J+oEvL5SMxDuWKNcdSicUSlbVBuPBBhqlCHd6XeNzxIsqH2Htb3 zuL97M11ir0W3/OiJxBxtFBA0cWf2vXHh4UYA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Q4L0jqXgOcaXwuFhTAQhmiaG0Z+xpSd8jWvg7dP5lJcYitlh0MZ9fc6VVsGQzjQfIY U3oERxmZzUcm8Go6gmL3dSGTAMgiD5oqzqYbJPgmkP8k6Ci5Pf/rgc+3JeM7FF1AeGWg 2stlnGvCmRvWBg552qM1XnpYb7o7lmPo0R7R8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.188.9 with SMTP id l9mr435193ybf.193.1268193647623; Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B6E7C00.60203@colannino.org> References: <4B6E7C00.60203@colannino.org> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:00:47 -0600 Message-ID: <970380131003092000x59dff83ciaacb88de615e833d@mail.gmail.com> From: Jason Garrett To: FreeBSD-Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: The Atheros 9285 patch on 8.0-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:48 -0000 On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 02:38, James Colannino wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have an Asus EEE PC 1005HA, which has an Atheros 9285 wireless chipset. > I discovered that Rui Paulo wrote a driver, and put up a patch for the 8.0 > stable kernel here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rpaulo/ar9285_stable_8.diff > > It seems to have worked for some people. After patching and re-compiling > my kernel, it did manage to detect the device on my machine, but > unfortunately, I'm unable to scan for networks or associate with my network. > Here's what happens: > > The machine boots, and I see the ath0 interface when I run ifconfig. I > then run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0' and successfully > create wlan0. However, when I run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 scan', the > command doesn't seem to do anything, and I eventually have to CTRL-C it. > > Has anybody else had this problem? Is it a known issue? Maybe I'm doing > something wrong? It was mentioned that testers were needed for this driver, > and I'd love to help out if possible. If anybody wants me to send any > additional information, just let me know. > > Thanks so much everyone! > > James > > Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but has this driver been committed to STABLE yet, or do we still need to apply the patch? I am about to embark on installing FreeBSD on this exact model with the exact wifi chip. > _____________________ > 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" >