From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 00:29:09 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 2EFD116A494 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:29:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.214.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9908513C4CE for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:29:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4HAFuvuUd5LZlP/2dsb2JhbACBWYphoGc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,373,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="44564816" Received: from ppp121-45-153-79.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO mail.clearchain.com) ([121.45.153.79]) by ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 19 Feb 2008 10:59:06 +1030 Received: from benjamin-closes-powerbook-g4-12.local (wcl.ml.unisa.edu.au [130.220.166.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1J0SvAv035384 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:59:03 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <47BA23DC.9050509@clearchain.com> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:03:32 +1030 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael C. Cambria" References: <47B87D41.50604@fid4.com> <47BA0A1E.4030502@fid4.com> In-Reply-To: <47BA0A1E.4030502@fid4.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on pegasus.clearchain.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (mail.clearchain.com [192.168.154.1]); Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:59:04 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 doesn't see AR5212 (Netgear WPN511) via PCI/Cardbus Adapter 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: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:29:09 -0000 Michael C. Cambria wrote: > > > Michael C. Cambria wrote: >> >> I use a Cardbus to PCI adapter in a FreeBSD 7 desktop machine. My >> old 802.11b card (wi) was just swapped with a 802.11g, Netgear WPN511 >> (using the AR5212 chipset). FreeBSD doesn't see the card at all. No >> lights on the card are on as well. /var/log/messages also doesn't >> show anything. > > I tried booting from the 6.3-Release install CD (and also 7.0 RC2 > snapshot iso) and still no luck. > > However, booting these same CD's on a laptop (i.e. no PCI->Cardbus > adapter) the very same card is recognized. sysinstall lets me config > ath0 and used the CD as a live filesystem allows traffic to pass. > > The PCI->Cardbus adapter works with other 802.11b cards though, so I'm > guessing something about this combination is the issue. > Perhaps the relevant sections of a boot -v and pciconf -lv could help.