Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:38:26 +0000 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com> To: Eugene Dzhurinsky <bofh@redwerk.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros WIFI is not recognized on FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 Message-ID: <2AE8BAD7-C374-4323-8443-B669C495FE34@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091216180338.GA75403@office.redwerk.com> References: <20091003110914.GB71004@office.redwerk.com> <20091216180338.GA75403@office.redwerk.com>
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On 16 Dec 2009, at 18:03, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote: > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 02:09:14PM +0300, Eugene Dzhurinsky wrote: >> Hi there! >>=20 >> I am facing some strange issue with recognizing the wifi card on my = ASUS K40IN >> laptop. >>=20 >> pciconf -lv shows me the following: >>=20 >> none5@pci0:5:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x10891a3b = chip=3D0x002b168c rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 >> vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >> class =3D network >>=20 >> On wiki page = http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee#head-47f2e69f1dd87ec8920929cef682552933095= ce6 >>=20 >> there is the statement: >>=20 >> Wireless Atheros 9285 (supported in 8.0 only?) class=3D0x028000 = card=3D0x10891a3b chip=3D0x002b168c rev=3D0xc0 hdr=3D0x00=20 >>=20 >> the only difference is in "rev" property - 0x01 !=3D 0xc0 >>=20 >> The question is - is it possible to change something in the sources = of kernel >> so the card will be recognized? And can somebody please explain what = I should >> to try out? >=20 > Hi again! I updated to 8.0 stable - but the Atheros card still not = recognized > :( >=20 > Can somebody please elucidate - are there any plans for supporting = this device > in FreeBSD? >=20 > Thank you in advance! Have you tried using if_ndis? -- Rui Paulo
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