Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:28:00 +0200 From: Maciej Milewski <milu@dat.pl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Subject: Re: atheros 9285 wifi Message-ID: <201107141328.00565.milu@dat.pl> In-Reply-To: <20110714042559.217d0d34.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <60375.1310608922@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110714042559.217d0d34.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: > > So are you saying I can't just grab the ath module? > > Depends. Maybe a newer version of the module requires a more > recent version of the kernel, because a new interface or > function was added... > > > I'd rather stick to release, but I guess if I'm having to rebuild the > > kernel each update... > > You _can_ try to just compile (1st step) and load (2nd step) > the module with the RELEASE kernel, but it's not guaranteed > to work. Both steps may require updates in sources or in the > running kernel as illustrated above. You may try to get ath driver from -HEAD and compile it with your RELENG_8 tree[1]. There are many fixes for this chipset in the -HEAD. The coming 9 will have it(I don't know the timeframe for the release though) [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-May/000224.html Maciej
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