From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 19:22:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1D816A41F for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 315F343D55 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:22:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=grokwell.org) by smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1E571G-0003RV-Fs; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:22:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:22:58 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: Nikolas Britton Message-ID: <20050816142258.476d9226@grokwell.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20050816124847.WTNO17166.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc8378f22f70ca5edb833a8277b1cf8841350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com" Subject: Re: ath driver within 5.4-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:22:44 -0000 On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:36:14 -0500 Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 8/16/05, d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com > wrote: > > Hi > > I just wanted to know if the ath driver is included within the 5.4- > > RELEASE as I can't seem to find it with the GENERIC config or do I > > just load auth with kldload ? I can't check as I'm not at home atm. > > Thanks in advance Glyn > > > > Yes it's part of 5.4, started life in 5.2, man ath: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ath&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi The ath driver is available in 5.4 RELEASE; but is not compiled into the GENERIC kernel. If my memory serves me correctly, people on this list have reported problems loading the kernel modules. Therefore, you'll probably need to recompile the kernel with the following: device ath device ath_hal Regards, Andrew Gould