Subject: Re: New laptop, new Atheros WiFi...
To: Havard Eidnes <he@uninett.no>
From: Francisco Valladolid <ficovh@gmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/07/2008 15:14:48
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ok, what version are using ? if you use the GENERIC kernel in -current it
has support for this chip, another thin is  use the GENERIC_LAPTOP kernel
into.

Regards.

On Jan 7, 2008 12:08 PM, Havard Eidnes <he@uninett.no> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> my current test laptop has a new and so far unsupported Atheros
> wireless card -- dmesg of a -current kernel says:
>
> Atheros Communications product 0x0024 (miscellaneous network,
>  revision 0x01) at pci3 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>
> Does anyone have any hunches what it would take to get it
> supported, e.g. what's the state of support of other free OSes
> for this hardware?
>
> Regards,
>
> - H=E5vard
>



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Francisco Valladolid H.
-- http://bsdguy.net - Perl, [Open-Net] BSD fan. --

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ok, what version are using ? if you use the GENERIC kernel in -current it h=
as support for this chip, another thin is&nbsp; use the GENERIC_LAPTOP kern=
el into.<br><br>Regards.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jan 7, 2008 1=
2:08 PM, Havard Eidnes &lt;
<a href=3D"mailto:he@uninett.no">he@uninett.no</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquot=
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laptop has a new and so far unsupported Atheros
<br>wireless card -- dmesg of a -current kernel says:<br><br>Atheros Commun=
ications product 0x0024 (miscellaneous network,<br> &nbsp;revision 0x01) at=
 pci3 dev 0 function 0 not configured<br><br>Does anyone have any hunches w=
hat it would take to get it
<br>supported, e.g. what&#39;s the state of support of other free OSes<br>f=
or this hardware?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>- H=E5vard<br></blockquote></div><=
br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Francisco Valladolid H.<br> -- <a href=3D"h=
ttp://bsdguy.net">
http://bsdguy.net</a> - Perl, [Open-Net] BSD fan. --

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