Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:27:24 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Necati Demir <necati83@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros wireless Message-ID: <20071027212724.GA97318@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <cf1f4db60710271331w663ecdd3ufeb002dbf206effb@mail.gmail.com> References: <cf1f4db60710271051g14a6d5e2mac37073e7944fb41@mail.gmail.com> <20071027183539.GA96046@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <cf1f4db60710271331w663ecdd3ufeb002dbf206effb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 11:31:12PM +0300, Necati Demir wrote: > On 27/10/2007, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 08:51:20PM +0300, Necati Demir wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > As a 6 year linux user, i am new to freebsd. :) > > > In my laptop i have a atheros wireless card. To use it, i compiled > > modules; > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/ath > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/ath_hal > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/ath_rate_sample > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/wlan > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/wlan_acl > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/wlan_wep > > > # make; make load > > > > > > # cd /sys/modules/wlan_xauth > > > # make; make load > > > > > > Then i added following lines to the /boot/loader.conf > > > if_ath_load="YES" > > > ath_hal_load="YES" > > > ath_rate_load="YES" > > > wlan_load="YES" > > > wlan_acl_load="YES" > > > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > > > wlan_tkip_load="YES" > > > wlan_wep_load="YES" > > > wlan_xauth_load="YES" > > > > > > > > > And i restarted my machine to be sure. > > > > > > When i use kldstat command to see modules, i see this output; > > > > > > # kldstat > > > Id Refs Address Size Name > > > 1 9 0xc0400000 70794c kernel > > > 2 1 0xc0b08000 2cf4 wlan_acl.ko > > > 3 1 0xc0b0b000 1b88 wlan_xauth.ko > > > 4 1 0xc2d1f000 16000 linux.ko > > > > > > Where is my if_ath module and the other ath modules? Where is the > > problem? > > > And of course, still my wireless does not work. > > > > The default kernel (GENERIC) already contains all the other modules. > > Kldstat > > only lists those modules that have been loaded separately. If you run > > 'kldstat -v' then all the modules, both those in the kernel, and those > > loaded as modules, should be listed. > > > > > There was also no need for you to compile any modules since all of them > > should > > already be installed by default anyway. (Yes, even those which are > > included > > directly in the kernel.) > > > > Thanks for the information. > > > > > > > > As to why it does not work you have not given enough information. What is > > the output of 'ifconfig', 'pciconf -lv', and 'dmesg' ? > > > The outputs: > [snip] > ath0@pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x3065168c chip=0x001c168c rev=0x01 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > class = network > subclass = ethernet That is a fairly new chip. I don't know if it is supported yet. > > --------------------------------- > # dmesg | grep -i ath > > ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: <Atheros 5424> mem 0xfedf0000-0xfedfffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 > ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: <Atheros 5424> mem 0xfedf0000-0xfedfffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci1 > ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > interface if_ath.1 already present in the KLD 'kernel'! > interface ath_rate.1 already present in the KLD 'kernel' > Here we see that the Atheros driver tries to attach, but the HAL claims that this hardware revision is not supported, and thus it will not work. If you are running FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, you could try updating to either the latest 6-STABLE, or the upcoming 7.0, both of which have a newer HAL. If that doesn't help either I don't think there is much you can do. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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