Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:53:00 -0500 From: Steven Friedrich <freebsd@insightbb.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atheros issues with releng_8 Message-ID: <200912212153.00937.freebsd@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <20091221202357.2b8e2a6b@vixen42.vulpes> References: <20091221202357.2b8e2a6b@vixen42.vulpes>
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On Monday 21 December 2009 09:23:57 pm Zane C.B. wrote: > With the GENERIC kernel on releng_8 and releng_8_0, I am having > issues with the Atheros wireless on my laptop. > > Upon boot I am getting the message below. > > ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 > ath0: 0x10000 bytes of rid 0x10 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). > ath0: cannot map register space > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > > Any suggestions? It was working fine on releng_6. > I believe that you don't realize that under FreeBSD 8, you now have to use a wlan interface. Under FreeBSD7.2, I used a Windows ethernet driver, wrapped with NDIS (see ndisgen). Here's the line from /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_ndis0="wpa dhcp" Note that this line is simplified because a lot of the info, like SSID, is in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. (yes, I put it there) Under FreeBSD8.0R, you must use the wlan interface. wlans_ndis0="wlan0" # wlan(4) interfaces for ndis0 device ifconfig_wlan0="wpa syncdhcp" I have to syncdhcp because I had this wireless device as the only network, and later in the boot process, ntpd will want to access Time Servers on the Internet. HTH
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