Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:37:08 +1000 From: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au To: "Chip Camden" <sterling@camdensoftware.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: atheros 9285 wifi Message-ID: <61738.1310607428@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Thu 14/07/11 11:15 AM , Chip Camden wrote:Quoth on Thursday, 14 July 2011: > =20 > Sorry, I hate to come to the list with such a stupid question. I > followed up a thread from a couple of months ago regarding this > chipset which is not fully supported yet- hardware resetting errors- > and I'm trying to work out how to build this driver from head. > Unfortunately, when I run the cvs commands suggested it can't seem to > find it, and I'm wondering exactly what I'm missing. >=20 > Network drops all the time, and won't handle any load, so assuming I > only have amd64-8.2 base system utilities: >=20 > CVSROOT=3Dpserver::/home/ncvs >=20 > cvs login >=20 > cvs co ath >=20 > cvs co ath_pci >=20 > And downloading modules list doesn't show ath, if_ath, ath_pci, or > anything with ath in it that is remotely related. > As I understand it, cvs should be pulling from head by default right? > So what am I missing? Or alternatively, how do I fix this wifi card- > rebooting every time it drops is a PITA! :) > Cheers >=20 > ------------------------- > Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ [3]" target=3D"_blank">http://atmail.org/ > _______________________________________________ > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions [5]" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questio= ns > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "" FWIW my ath 9285 is working fine on 8.2-STABLE. I'm running release, though. I'm not exactly cvs proficient, I prefer subversion- just installing it is a PITA atm- so how do I bring in the stable version of the driver? I'm assuming also, then, that I will have to recompile my kernel won't I? Any particular reason why ath is not a loadable module? ------------------------- Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ Links: ------ [3] http://webmail.unitedinsong.com.au/parse.php?redirect=3D<a href=3D [5] http://webmail.unitedinsong.com.au/parse.php?redirect=3D<a href=3D
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