Atheros 5212 card causing FreeBSD to freeze

[Sam Leffler]

Ron Wireman wrote:
> Does anyone here have any idea why my laptop would freeze up when I put a
> wireless networking card into it and then return to normal when I remove it?
> 
> It's seems to be detecting the card correctly because I get the message when
> I insert it:
> 
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on
> cardbus1
> 
> Also, when I remove the card, I get:
> 
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:5b:44:28:dc
> ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6

Sounds like the card is generating constant interrupts.  Try providing 
more info.

	Sam