Ed Gould --> current-users (2007-01-03 09:00:38 -0800):
> Long ago, I used an Atheros-based cardbus WiFi card (ath0), but for 
> various reasons I switched back to a Lucent-based wi0.  Yesterday, I 
> tried the ath0 again.  It was not seen by the kernel (4.99.5 from early 
> December), and when I removed it then re-plugged it, the kernel crashed 
> with a message like "no cardbus0 at cbb0" (from memory).
> 
> I'll try a new kernel first, but before I try to debug this, has anyone 
> else seen anything similar?

I'm successfully using ath@cardbus on a NetBSD/i386 4.99.6 system:

$ dmesg
[...]
cbb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: vendor 0x104c product 0xac50 (rev. 0x02)
[...]
cbb0: interrupting at irq 10
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 1
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
[...]
ath0 at cardbus0 function 0
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
[...]

Haven't yet tried to remove the card, though.


HTH, Jukka

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