Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:41:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org> To: mike@sentex.net Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [ath] IBM 802.11B B/G 39T0073 card doesn't work in 8-STABLE but worked in 7-STABLE Message-ID: <201008062241.o76MftVI071614@gw.catspoiler.org> In-Reply-To: <201008062040.o76Ke9aA097929@lava.sentex.ca>
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On 6 Aug, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 03:59 PM 8/6/2010, Don Lewis wrote: >># ifconfig ath0 up >># ifconfig ath0 >>ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 >> ether 00:16:ce:00:ac:a7 >> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> status: no carrier >># ifconfig ath0 scan > > Hi, > I got caught in the same error. The wireless stuff in > RELENG_8 is a bit different. You need to create a wlan interface on > top of the ath driver. Take a look at wlan(4) Thanks! I didn't expect to have to read /usr/src/UPDATING all the way back to early 2008 ...
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