On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 22:00, Jason Garrett <kinged...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 02:38, James Colannino <ja...@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. > Also CC'ing rpaulo@ to have his input. > _____________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"