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Date:      Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:37:38 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ath not setting media type?
Message-ID:  <435524D2.1050306@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <43552124.2030400@cytexbg.com>
References:  <200510181233.47769.nike_d@cytexbg.com> <43551DF7.3060000@errno.com> <43552124.2030400@cytexbg.com>

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Niki Denev wrote:
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> Sam Leffler wrote:
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>>Niki Denev wrote:
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>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>while trying to get my new ath(4) mini-pci working on my (-current) TP
>>>X31, i encountered two problems:
>>>
>>>from what i understand if_ath.c does not set themedia type of the
>>>interface,
>>>and devd fails to match the notify section that calls dhclient.
>>>
>>>and the second is that devd does not print the media type when ran in
>>>debug
>>>mode .. it prints just :
>>>"Testing media type of  against 0x20"
>>>
>>>Sorry if this has been discussed previously.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>What does pciconf -lv show for the card?
>>
>>    Sam
>>
> 
> dmesg:
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xc0200000-0xc020ffff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:XX:XX:XX
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
> 
> 
> pciconf:
> ath0@pci2:2:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x833117ab chip=0x1014168c rev=0x01
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>     device   = '11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter'
>     class    = network
>     subclass = ethernet
> 
> It's a original IBM mini-pci card (which actually is made by PHILIPS).

I use this card in a t42 w/o issue.  If ifconfig shows the device is a 
wireless card then devd will find the same info.  I can't recall what 
devd prints for debug msgs here.

	Sam




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