Bill Paul wrote:
yes, i can load if_ath, wireless card is found and i can set it up as
ath0, but i still have no signal (and there are many ap's - i can see
with different pcmcia card)
Note that if this in fact a problem with ACPI not supporting the
wireless enable switch on your laptop correctly, it won't work
with the NDISulator any better than it will with the ath(4) driver.
I think the wireless enable switch controls the connection to the
antenna(s), and is a separate device from the NIC itself that varies
in implementation depending on the laptop. The NDIS driver only knows
how to manipulate the NIC hardware: the NIC manufacturer can't really
customize the driver for each laptop out there (and the laptop
manufacturers usually don't customize the drivers either, beyond
sticking their logo on them).
<...ndis related stuff deleted...>
Handling this in the ath driver is actually very simple; I've just never
done it 'cuz none of my laptops have the this setup to test with. When
you hit the switch the driver gets an interrupt from the ath card and
can then toggle the state of the rfkill pin. If you run the latest code
out for testing there is also a sysctl that you can use to control this
manually.
Sam
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