ATHEROS -- 802.11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express -- 6459-CTO

[freebsd_user at guice.ath.cx]

MACHINE: THINKPAD T61P
MACHINE TYPE: 6459-CTO
NETWORK ADAPTER: 11a/b/g Wireless Lan Mini PCI Express (windows)
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FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 <== fresh install
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==> What FreeBSD see's:
==> /var/run/dmesg.boot

ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd7df0000-0xd7dfffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2

==> pciconf -l -v |grep -i atheros
    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
    device     = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless'

==> kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1    4 0xc0400000 906518   kernel
 2    2 0xc0d07000 6a32c    acpi.ko
 3    1 0xc70e9000 5000     acpi_ibm.ko

==> Attempting to get the wireless nic online:
==> We're not sure what chipset is involved here.  All
we have in the way of identification for this wireless
device is what we see from another machine with windows
installed.

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:1f:3a:4d:45:d1
	inet 192.168.1.111 netmask 0xe1ffff00 broadcast 222.168.1.255
	media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
	status: no carrier
	ssid SORRY channel 34 (5170 Mhz 11a)
	authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
	bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst

This machine has both and led for bluetooth and
wireless nic; both are hardware controlled with a power
switch to simultanesously turn them off and on.  While
this hardware switch is 'on' during boot/reboot, the
'bluetooth' led is lit while the wireless nic led is
off.

In an attempt to get the wireless nic (Atheros)
online/connected we did the following:

sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth=1
dev.acpi_ibm.0.bluetooth: 1 -> 0

# Bluetooth led goes off; wireless nic remains off;
fn+f5 key doesn't do a thing even though acpi_ibm is
loaded.

The device continues to not connect to the LAN via the
ath0 (Atheros).