Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:00:47 -0600 From: Jason Garrett <kingedgar@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The Atheros 9285 patch on 8.0-stable Message-ID: <970380131003092000x59dff83ciaacb88de615e833d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B6E7C00.60203@colannino.org> References: <4B6E7C00.60203@colannino.org>
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On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 02:38, James Colannino <james@colannino.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I have an Asus EEE PC 1005HA, which has an Atheros 9285 wireless chipset. > I discovered that Rui Paulo wrote a driver, and put up a patch for the 8.0 > stable kernel here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rpaulo/ar9285_stable_8.diff<http://people.freebsd.org/%7Erpaulo/ar9285_stable_8.diff>; > > It seems to have worked for some people. After patching and re-compiling > my kernel, it did manage to detect the device on my machine, but > unfortunately, I'm unable to scan for networks or associate with my network. > Here's what happens: > > The machine boots, and I see the ath0 interface when I run ifconfig. I > then run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0' and successfully > create wlan0. However, when I run the command 'ifconfig wlan0 scan', the > command doesn't seem to do anything, and I eventually have to CTRL-C it. > > Has anybody else had this problem? Is it a known issue? Maybe I'm doing > something wrong? It was mentioned that testers were needed for this driver, > and I'd love to help out if possible. If anybody wants me to send any > additional information, just let me know. > > Thanks so much everyone! > > James > > Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but has this driver been committed to STABLE yet, or do we still need to apply the patch? I am about to embark on installing FreeBSD on this exact model with the exact wifi chip. > _____________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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