From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 5 20:31:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88FE916A4CE for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:31:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grande.el.net (NS2.EL.NET [68.165.89.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DA89643D46 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 20:31:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: (qmail 30061 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2004 20:37:35 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO el.net) (127.0.0.1) by grande.el.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 2004 20:37:35 -0000 Received: from 68.165.89.73 (SquirrelMail authenticated user kalin) by el.net with HTTP; Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:37:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <58673.68.165.89.73.1091738255.squirrel@el.net> In-Reply-To: <200408051134.16136.sam@errno.com> References: <50138.151.204.154.241.1090701435.squirrel@el.net> <1303.151.204.154.241.1090815511.squirrel@el.net> <49251.24.90.34.93.1091730138.squirrel@el.net> <200408051134.16136.sam@errno.com> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:37:35 -0400 (EDT) From: "kalin mintchev" To: "Sam Leffler" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath card problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 20:31:43 -0000 > On Thursday 05 August 2004 11:22 am, kalin mintchev wrote: >> ok. for the last almost 3 weeks i've been trying to get the ath0 driver >> to >> work properly with the dlink dwl-ag650 card i got for my t20 thinkpad >> with >> 5.2.1. >> it kinda works sometimes. that sometimes is driving me nuts. i >> understand >> that there is the possibility that i'm really retarded and not being >> able >> to make a simple piece of hardware work properly on this laptop. usually >> that's not the case but for some reason this piece of hardware has been >> very stubborn. i have to say that unfortunately it works with no problem >> on a windows laptop with the windows driver. >> >> all that being said can somebody explain the outputs below. >> ifconfig says it's associated but appears that it's not really. that >> happens a lot. i tried 2 different access points. did reset the routers >> about a dozen times. i'm back at the point where i'm about the rip this >> card off the machine and trow it against the wall and then burn it until >> it converts to a fluid... > > The dwl-ag650 card has a chip in it that requires a more up to date hal to > operate well. is there a link where i can get that and try it out? > Otherwise you should not get errors reseting the part but > since the FreeBSD code is so ancient (probably a year behind the current > state of Atheros support) it's likely that one of a zillion changes have > dealt with the issue. would it help if i use current? > > I have asked for help in updating the Atheros code but gotten few > responses > (none of which have produced something committable). i'd gladly apply if i had the knowledge. unfortunately i'm still getting there.. > I am in the process > of > releasing yet another new hal and may have a few days to try and update > the > FreeBSD code to include it. please let me know when you did so. > Otherwise you can always use the ndis support > to > run the windows driver. i'll look into that but i rather use a native driver.. > > Sam > thanks a lot....