Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:03:32 +1030 From: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> To: "Michael C. Cambria" <mcc@fid4.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 doesn't see AR5212 (Netgear WPN511) via PCI/Cardbus Adapter Message-ID: <47BA23DC.9050509@clearchain.com> In-Reply-To: <47BA0A1E.4030502@fid4.com> References: <47B87D41.50604@fid4.com> <47BA0A1E.4030502@fid4.com>
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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.
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