Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:43:01 -0400 From: freebsd_user@guice.ath.cx To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO Message-ID: <20080913234149.GA2420@6281.guice.ath.cx>
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MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows) - FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install - ==> What FreeBSD see's: ==> /var/run/dmesg.boot ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd7df0000-0xd7dfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 ==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' device = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless' ==> kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 4 0xc0400000 906518 kernel 2 2 0xc0d07000 6a32c acpi.ko 3 1 0xc70e9000 5000 acpi_ibm.ko ==> Attempting to get the wireless nic online: ==> We're not sure what chipset is involved here. All we have in the way of identification for this wireless device is what we see from another machine with windows installed. ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1 inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xe1ffff00 broadcast 222.168.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) status: no carrier ssid SORRY channel 34 (5170 Mhz 11a) authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst This machine has both and led for bluetooth and wireless nic; both are hardware controlled with a power switch to simultanesously turn them off and on. While this hardware switch is 'on' during boot/reboot, the 'bluetooth' led is lit while the wireless nic led is off. In an attempt to get the wireless nic (Atheros) online/connected we did the following: sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth=1 dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth: 1 -> 0 # Bluetooth led goes off; wireless nic remains off; fn+f5 key doesn't do a thing even though acpi_ibm is loaded. The device continues to not connect to the LAN via the ath0 (Atheros).
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