Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:15:49 +1000 From: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au To: "Maciej Milewski" <milu@dat.pl>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: atheros 9285 wifi Message-ID: <55924.1310696149@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Thu 14/07/11 9:28 PM , Maciej Milewski wrote:On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- wrote: > > So are you saying I can't just grab the ath module? >=20 > Depends. Maybe a newer version of the module requires a more > recent version of the kernel, because a new interface or > function was added... >=20 > > I'd rather stick to release, but I guess if I'm having to rebuild the > > kernel each update... >=20 > You _can_ try to just compile (1st step) and load (2nd step) > the module with the RELEASE kernel, but it's not guaranteed > to work. Both steps may require updates in sources or in the > running kernel as illustrated above. You may try to get ath driver from -HEAD and compile it with your RELENG_8=20 tree[1]. There are many fixes for this chipset in the -HEAD. The coming 9 will=20 have it(I don't know the timeframe for the release though) [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-May/000224.html [2]" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-= May/000224.html Ok, I tried that- I did look into running stable as well, something Polytropon mentioned which twigged and I thought I might go that way, but looking into it further it is still a development branch. I think I need a bit more stability for my users. I bit the bullet and built subversion (which I'm more comfortable with than cvs) and pulled down ath from head (specifically head/sys/dev/ath, head/sys/modules/ath, head/sys/modules/ath_pci - tried stable as well, but got the same result as now). I'm having trouble building though (if I need to switch to a different list let me know - just a little painful with no working network): I get some odd file not found errors on some includes (headers from ath_hal specifically), and when I fix that I get HAL_PHYERR_PARAM not defined errors which I can't quite figure out. A point in the right direction will do; right now I'm getting lost in the maze a bit. I'm going to keep trying to untangle this, but some assistance would be appreciated. Cheers ------------------------- Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ Links: ------ [2] http://webmail.unitedinsong.com.au/parse.php?redirect=3D<a href=3D
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