what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?

[Steve Franks]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Steve Franks <stevefranks at ieee.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Gurvich
> <david.gurvich at verizon.net> wrote:
>> You need to make certain all the necessary modules for your card are
>> loaded.  Try 'kldload ath' and then put the card in and see if that
>> does anything.  Also, use 'pciconf -lv' to confirm what the card is
>> detected as.  See the handbook on wireless configuration if that works.
>>

 It also fails to show up in pciconf -lv, but then, the compact flash
 card doesn't show up there either and it works fine.  7.0 loads if_ath
 and ath_hal by default.

 Steve