Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 21:29:51 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: geoff@apro.com.au Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: Atheros 5212 based card causing system freeze - suggested replacement? Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=0Uz3Woz0iiOGGRAqYABaP=1%2B6vRQ27F45pfn9cPHjAA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201109052323.15363.geoff@apro.com.au> References: <201108290134.50561.geoff@apro.com.au> <CAJ-Vmo=Z%2BZ4Q2UAnJNfSLOYWvoMdJDUN5E%2BoLUgiH2Yt93et%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonxNiK3HZ5d1UFpabq%2BJTDbBc%2BF4wcnX93Ycts%2BNCBj-w@mail.gmail.com> <201109052323.15363.geoff@apro.com.au>
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Are you able to try booting 8.0-RELEASE or 8.1-RELEASE via CD, with only 2GB of RAM? I don't have any further ideas, I'm afraid. But I'd really like to nail this down before 9.0-REL is working, so let's see if we can find a working setup. Adrian On 5 September 2011 21:23, Geoff Roberts <geoff@apro.com.au> wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 08:27:19 am Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hi, have you had a chance to try your system with < 4G ram? > > Sorry for the delay in getting back. > > I was only able to get a 4GB stick of RAM. Not what we were after, but I tried > it anyway and the system still froze during boot. > > I also tried a 32 bit 9.0 Beta 2 boot disk without any luck. > > I can keep this card in the new PC to work with you on testing/debugging in > the PCI slot, but I need to get the wireless network back up. > > Leaving the current card in the PCI slot leaves me a spare PCI express slot. > > Are there any PCI express cards you are aware of (or chipsets I should look > for in a PCI express wireless card) that work OK with FreeBSD and could host > VAPs? > > Kind regards, > > Geoff > > >
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