Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:18:36 +0200 From: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> To: Glyn Tebbutt <d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ath driver within 5.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <1124227117.78094.18.camel@genius1.i.cz> In-Reply-To: <43025495.2080504@ntlworld.com> References: <20050816124847.WTNO17166.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com> <ef10de9a05081611362fddd566@mail.gmail.com> <20050816142258.476d9226@grokwell.org> <43024A2D.30307@ntlworld.com> <1124225110.78094.8.camel@genius1.i.cz> <43025495.2080504@ntlworld.com>
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Glyn Tebbutt wrote: > Michal Mertl wrote: > > > > I don't know if 5.4 supports 11g but it I know it doesn't support too > > much advanced authentication mechanisms (WPA). > > > > I believe you need not only ath and ath_hal in the kernel config file > > but also wlan and some ath_rate module (one of ath_rate_onoe, > > ath_rate_amrr or ath_rate_sample). The recommended rate module is > > ath_rate_sample. > > > > Why do you compile the modules statically into the kernel? Modules > > should work too. > > > My other cards on linux dont support WPA yet anyway so I'm using WEP atm > (yes I know its crappy and insecure:() > I'm new to freebsd so im not exactly sure how everything works yet, so > the kernel config builds all the stuff you need into the kernel but > modules for everything else is still compiled? Yes. By default all the modules are always compiled and installed (in /boot/kernel/*.ko). > because on my 6.0-BETA 2 ath module doesn't exists :? > so in theory which module's do I need to load Modules for network cards are called if_$cardname(.ko). So to load ath(4) support you'd issue 'kldload if_ath'. The linker loads whatever other modules are required for function of the module which aren't compiled in or already loaded (so ath would load wlan, ath_rate and ath_hal). Michal
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