Re: Atheros AR9280 unrecognized

[Mike Bowie <mbowie%buzmo.com@localhost>]

On 5/13/10 11:04 AM, Sylvain Mora wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just installed NetBSD 5.0.2 on my laptop and encountered a problem with my
> atheros wireless card.
>
> It is a AR9280 Atheros chipset, and on the man 4 ath from NetBSD current i
> saw it was supported. So I compiled the NetBSD current kernel (Without
> MODULAR option), but my wireless card is still unrecognized.
>
> 'ifconfig -a' doesn't show any ath0 device
>
> and dmesg show :
>
> vendor 0x168c product 0x002a (miscellaneous network, revision 0x01) at pci3
> dev 0 function 0 not configured
>
> Did I miss something ? Do I need to do anything else to get my card working
> ?
>
> Thanks,
> Sylvain
>    
Hey Sylvain,

You might want to try the 5.1 RC.  If you check the man page for 5.0.2, 
you'll see that the AR9280 isn't mentioned; so it's either in 5.1 or 
-current.

HTH,

Mike.