atheros (ath) wifi driver problem

[Erik Norgaard]

Mo Po wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I installed FreeBSD 5.3 today (coming from linux/debian).
> I need to use the atheros wifi driver (man page ATH(4)), which is
> included in 5.3. (I have an atheros based PCI card in an athlon xp based
> system).
> 
> I get the following error when loading the module ('kldload if_ath'
> command):
> ...
> ath0: could not map interrupt
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
> 
> After that ifconfig fails tp 'up' the ath0 i/f ('does not exists').
> 
> The ATH(4) lists this error but just says it should never happen ;-)
> The same card/madwifi driver works under linux.
> 
> Any help appreciated a lot - otherwise my FreeBSD venture will be rather
> short lived.

I think this problem or related has been noted before, but please submit 
some more info of what you do - copy/paste the command/output if you can.

Try doing it all when the system is freshly booted, I wrote about some 
memory problems about a month ago if I tried to insert/configure my ath 
based card after starting memory heavy programs like mozilla. That 
problem has been resolved in 6.0 but the code may not yet have been 
merged into -STABLE.

Cheers, Erik
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