ThinkPad X40 (2371-H9U) - Atheros attach fails?

[Volker Kindermann]

> The wlan module appears to already be present. Immediately after
> booting:
> 
> x40# kldload wlan
> kldload: can't load wlan: File exists
> x40# kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> 1    5 0xc0400000 5cdad8   kernel
> 2    1 0xc09ce000 5844     snd_ich.ko
> 3    2 0xc09d4000 1d4fc    sound.ko
> 4   14 0xc09f2000 537f0    acpi.ko
> 
> I believe this means it's compiled into the kernel. 

Do you have the sources installed? I would double-check with

"cat /path/to/GENERIC | grep wlan"

if you're using the GENERIC kernel.


  -volker