#245: Formerly functioning AR5BMB5 no longer supported by HAL
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords: Unknown device 001a (rev 01)
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Well I managed to find a backup copy of the version that worked. Here's
the output from dmesg:
{{{
ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
wlan: 0.8.4.5 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2
ath_pci: 0.9.4.12 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low)
-> IRQ 11
no rates yet! mode 0
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36M bps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
ath0: 802.11 address: 00:0e:9b:a4:3f:d2
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BE traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BK traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xe2010000, irq=11
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
no rates yet! mode 0
ath0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver
!
}}}
As that last line says, it's an old version. The entries in the CVS
directories say it was from Feb 22 2005.
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Ticket URL: <http://www.madwifi.org/ticket/245>
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Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity
