Hi all,
I just happily returned from a local vendor with a Netgear WG511T which,
acording to http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html should work. I know about
the issues with changing specifications and of course this seems to have
bit me (and others, as the archives show) in the ass.
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ath0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc.,
AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11
ath0: AR5213 7.9 phy 4.5 rf2112a 5.6: RF radio not supported
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While the AR5213 seems supported, the rf2112a seems not (I might be
totally wrong here). However, I have stumbled over a dmesg on the net
(http://mongers.org/openbsd/dmesg.tori) where it _does_ seem supported,
even though the numbers, which I suppose are version-related, differs.
1. Is this the "same" rf2112a, and could it in some way be "reused" for
my card?
2. Is (full) documentation for all the atheros chips available, or are
there some chips that will not (for now) be supported?
3. Is someone currently working on adding support for additional atheros
chips (assuming docs are available)?
4. Is it sane to keep the card, hoping for support in the (somewhat
near) future?
5. Is the list on i386.html based on old specifications of WG511T or why
does it not work?
Note that I do _NOT_ request anyone to start working on anything, but it
would be very interesting to know if anyone is already on it. I would
happily volunteer to test any patches that might help.
/Alexander
-- dmesg --
OpenBSD 3.9-current (GENERIC) #661: Mon Mar 27 03:12:43 MST 2006
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 866MHz ("GenuineIntel"
686-class) 864 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE
real mem = 670474240 (654760K)
avail mem = 604053504 (589896K)
using 4278 buffers containing 33628160 bytes (32840K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 05/16/03, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xffe90
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: battery life expectancy 100%
apm0: AC on, battery charge high, charging, estimated 3:54 hours
apm0: flags 30102 dobusy 0 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfbb90/208 (11 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371 ISA and IDE"
rev 0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #4 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82830MP CPU-I/O-1" rev 0x02
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82830MP CPU-AGP" rev 0x02
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801CA/CAM USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x41
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
xl0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "3Com 3c905C 100Base-TX" rev 0x78: irq 11,
address 00:06:5b:36:f8:e1
exphy0 at xl0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
cbb0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1420 CardBus" rev
0x00: irq 11
cbb1 at pci2 dev 1 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1420 CardBus" rev
0x00: irq 11
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 4 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia1 at cardslot1
ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801CAM LPC" rev 0x01: SpeedStep
pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801CAM IDE" rev 0x01: DMA,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <HITACHI_DK23CA-30>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 28615MB, 58605120 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled)
auich0 at pci0 dev 31 function 5 "Intel 82801CA/CAM AC97" rev 0x01: irq
11, ICH3 AC97
ac97: codec id 0x4352595b (Cirrus Logic CS4205 rev 3)
ac97: codec features mic channel, tone, simulated stereo, bass boost, 20
bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SRS 3D
audio0 at auich0
"Intel 82801CA/CAM Modem" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 31 function 6 not configured
isa0 at ichpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown
biomask ef65 netmask ef65 ttymask ffe7
pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
ath0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc.,
AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11
ath0: AR5213 7.9 phy 4.5 rf2112a 5.6: RF radio not supported
uhidev0 at uhub0 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0
uhidev0: A4Tech USB Optical Mouse, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2, iclass 3/1
ums0 at uhidev0: 7 buttons and Z dir.
wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
