Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:19:18 +0100 From: Andreas Lattka <newsletter@lattka.de> To: FreeBSD Mailing Liste <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot unload if_ath kernel module / machine does not shut down Message-ID: <1140956358.90767.2.camel@viggo.lattka.de> In-Reply-To: <1140469974.1008.23.camel@viggo.lattka.de> References: <1140469974.1008.23.camel@viggo.lattka.de>
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Hi there, I changed from WEP to WPA encryption, now the laptop is shutting down correctly. Strange, why it is not working with WEP encryption? Anyway, I am happy now! Andreas Am Montag, den 20.02.2006, 22:12 +0100 schrieb Andreas Lattka: > Hello All there, > > I have got a shiny new Sony Vaio VGN-FS415E, installed FBSD6, (FreeBSD > 6.0-RELEASE-p4). For wireless connection there is built in an Atheros > 5212 chip. I configured the kernel conf file to include all the atheros > modules according to the man ath: > > device ath > device ath_hal > device ath_rate_onoe, > > all works well until the machine is to be shutdown. When I enter halt > -p, or reboot, the machine starts to shut down, but stops, after the > uptime message is displayed. Nothing more happens, I have to manually > switch off the machine. The next time I switch on the machine, the oss > sound will crash the machine. > > I did remember, that I had no problem to shut down the machine when the > ath modules were not used, so I cleared the ath modules from the kernel > conf file and did include if_ath into the loader.conf. Again, all is > going well until shutdown. Same bad behaviour. Then I tried to manually > unload the ath modules, only ath_rate module can be unloaded, ath_hal > gives device busy, and trying to unload the if_ath will freeze the > machine. I confirmed that the Atheros 5211 is working well, 5212 give > those problems. > Does anybody have any idea how to unload the if_ath module? > > Thank you! > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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