On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:13 PM, <m...@extensibl.com> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:05:02 +0000 > rivo nurges <r...@estpak.ee> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 02:29:42PM +1300, m...@extensibl.com wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> > The following two lines appear in my dmesg: >> > ath0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5212 (IBM MiniPCI)" rev >> > 0x01: apic 1 int 17 ath0: AR5424 10.3 phy 6.1 rf5424 10.2, WOR2W, >> > address 00:19:7e:92:0a:45 >> > >> > I am trying to guess which card is installed based on information >> > from dmesg. And it seems that I have AR5212 card but the driver >> > treats it as AR5424. Is that assumption correct? Could I ask for >> > any pointers on what to do next? Is ar5k_ar5212_attach() in >> > sys/dev/ic/ar5212.c the right place to make any changes? >> >> IBM has its own PCI id for Atheros cards and uses a list of acceptable >> IDs in BIOS, so they can force you to buy one from them. Unfortunately >> they are using the same id for AR5212 Mini PCI and AR5424 Mini PCI >> Express chips. Your card is probably Mini PCI-E based AR5424. >> >> Search for ah_pci_express in sys/dev/ic/ar5212.c >> >> rivo > > Thank you Rivo, much appreciated. > You are right, my WiFi adapter is built on AR5424. > > > > I disassembled my laptop and found that wireless card is marked as > 4104A-AR5BXB6. Chip under the cover is Atheros AR5424-AB1A. > > Here is a picture of the same card: > http://www.thinkwiki.org/images/2/26/Atheros_mini_express_wifi.jpg > > > > The good news is that AR5424 works for me in BSS mode. I have not tested > it thoroughly, but I am able to download packages/browse web pages > without any problem. Many thanks to all OpenBSD developers.
I would advise you to swap your card with another atheros or a ralink one... ciao, David
