Driver for Atheros Wireless LAN

[Volker]

On 11/12/08 23:31, Octavian Ionescu wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i have folowed the instructions on http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee for
> setting up the drivers for an Asus EEE PC 1000H and i have managed to
> set up at least the wired ethernet with the help of  Pyun YongHyeon. but
> for the wireless ethernet i can't see any wireless interface up. i see
> the message wich i shall see in dmesg but i cant see the interface :
> 
> # dmesg | grep ath
> ath_hal: 0.10.5.10 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112,
> RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417)
> 
> am i doing something wrong ?
> 
> here is the result of pciconf
> 
> # pciconf -v -l
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x83401043 chip=0x27ac8086
> rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = HOST-PCI
> vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x83401043 chip=0x27ae8086
> rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    class      = display
>    subclass   = VGA
> vgapci1 at pci0:0:2:1:     class=0x038000 card=0x83401043 chip=0x27a68086
> rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = 'Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller'
>    class      = display
> pcm0 at pci0:0:27:0:       class=0x040300 card=0x831a1043 chip=0x27d88086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio'
>    class      = multimedia
> pcib1 at pci0:0:28:0:      class=0x060400 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27d08086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) PCIe Root Port'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib2 at pci0:0:28:1:      class=0x060400 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27d28086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) PCIe Root Port'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib3 at pci0:0:28:3:      class=0x060400 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27d68086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) PCIe Root Port'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = PCI-PCI
> uhci0 at pci0:0:29:0:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27c88086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller'
>    class      = serial bus
>    subclass   = USB
> uhci1 at pci0:0:29:1:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27c98086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller'
>    class      = serial bus
>    subclass   = USB
> uhci2 at pci0:0:29:2:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27ca8086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller'
>    class      = serial bus
>    subclass   = USB
> uhci3 at pci0:0:29:3:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27cb8086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller'
>    class      = serial bus
>    subclass   = USB
> ehci0 at pci0:0:29:7:      class=0x0c0320 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27cc8086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801G (ICH7 Family) USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller'
>    class      = serial bus
>    subclass   = USB
> pcib4 at pci0:0:30:0:      class=0x060401 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x24488086
> rev=0xe2 hdr=0x01
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801BAM/CAM/DBM (ICH2-M/3-M/4-M) Hub Interface to PCI
> Bridge'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = PCI-PCI
> isab0 at pci0:0:31:0:      class=0x060100 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27b98086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Controller'
>    class      = bridge
>    subclass   = PCI-ISA
> atapci0 at pci0:0:31:2:    class=0x010180 card=0x830f1043 chip=0x27c48086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = '82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage
> Controller'
>    class      = mass storage
>    subclass   = ATA
> ale0 at pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x83241043 chip=0x10261969
> rev=0xb0 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)'
>    class      = network
>    subclass   = ethernet
> none0 at pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x028000 card=0x27901814 chip=0x07811814
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Ralink Technology, Corp'
>    class      = network

Did you load ral(4)? Your interface is using a ral chipset, not an
atheros one.

``kldload if_ral''
/boot/loader.conf: if_ral_load="YES"

Whenever asking questions like these, it may be useful to know the
FreeBSD version you're using.

_If_ we're talking about 7.x or 6.x, your kernel needs a bit tweaking
(AFAIK the pciid 0x0781 isn't known by ral).

Volker