Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:12:44 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: das <dasreine@list.ru> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Rob <rob@empython.org> Subject: Re: My wireless is borked, dmesg only shows ath_hal Message-ID: <20070421211244.3FCFD4509A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:09:18 %2B0400." <462A453E.7040105@list.ru>
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--==_Exmh_1177189964_9787P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:09:18 +0400 > From: das <dasreine@list.ru> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > Rob wrote: > > Here is the only line in my dmesg related to anything wireless: > > > > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, > > RF5413) > > > > No ath0, wlan, etc. > > > > I am using a variant of the GENERIC kernel config file: > > > > > > # Wireless NIC cards > > device wlan # 802.11 support > > device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support > > device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support > > device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support > > device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. > > device ath # Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's > > device ath_hal # Atheros HAL (Hardware Access Layer) > > device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath > > device awi # BayStack 660 and others > > device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs. > > device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs. > > #device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC. > > > > > > I am wondering what is happening? This laptop is a newer Sony VIAO > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob > > > > --------------------- > > www.empython.org Python for Electromagnetics > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > I was very sad 5 Months ago when I could not get Freebsd to work with > this Intel wireless card myself and installed Fedora linux instead. Does > the NDIS (project evil) driver really work with this card, I had read > somewhere that it did not (or that it did not work well) and so did not > bother to try it. I have yet to see a report that this card will work with NDIS. I'd say the odds are not good. It has worked in the past with the WPI driver, but there is new firmware that has a different API, so the code is being updated. Last report was that it was being actively worked, so I HOPE to see a working wpi with firmware in the next month or two. You can Google 'wpi freebsd" (dont include the quotation marks!) for pointer so the older wpi drivers which MAY work in 6.2 and reports on the work in progress to update the driver. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1177189964_9787P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFGKn5Mkn3rs5h7N1ERAmcDAJ4+aNB9dq5i1ft/BXfzeCUmPnPlZwCdFTAo LKB8yyvhKSO+mqPAC9kHgrE= =01QB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1177189964_9787P--
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