Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 22:59:04 -0500 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can the atheros driver be used in FreeBSD 4.9? Message-ID: <c0pf68$uhc$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20040215200047.40C4216A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> <40303CFD.3000106@prodigy.net.mx>
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Alejandro Valenzuela wrote: > Hi everyone and thanks for reading this > I recently bought an EnGenius a/b/g miniPCI card, which uses the Atheros > chipset. > > I was wondering if it was possible to use the atheros driver in FreeBSD > 4.9, because my laptop doesn't seem to like the 5.2 Release ( gets stuck > before starting sysinstall when I try installing it, as it has > unfortunately done since 5.X ). > > If so, where can I download it? > > If it isn't possible to use the atheros driver, which loader.conf > "switches" would you recommend trying? > I suspect the computer freezes when polling the sound card (it does so > in FreeBSD 4.9), which is in pci1, I believe... Don't know about ath in 4.x, but this is the list of options I usually have to try in 5.x: unset acpi_load set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 set hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1 set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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