Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:36:48 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Mo Po <mopo@softhome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atheros (ath) wifi driver problem Message-ID: <20050107053648.GA297@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <1105064318.5088.12.camel@liber> References: <1105064318.5088.12.camel@liber>
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:18:38PM -0800, Mo Po wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 today (coming from linux/debian).
> I need to use the atheros wifi driver (man page ATH(4)), which is
> included in 5.3. (I have an atheros based PCI card in an athlon xp based
> system).
>
> I get the following error when loading the module ('kldload if_ath'
> command):
> ...
> ath0: could not map interrupt
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
>
> After that ifconfig fails tp 'up' the ath0 i/f ('does not exists').
>
You may have already checked this, but be sure that "Plug and Play OS"
is "NO" in your BIOS. I've seen weird things happen w/PCI cards
when this BIOS setting is on. HTH
--
Regards,
Doug
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