> The odd thing is that this card works in a machine with FreeBSD 7.1 and that > identifies the chip as "Atheros 5212". So which chip number is right? > Could the problem have to do with misidentifying the chip? dmesg, pcidump > and the driver think it's an AR5311.
> I've got 4.7 running on my laptop with an internal mini-pci card which has > either a 5212 or 5213A depending on where in the dmesg output you look, and > that works fine. pcidump calls that a 5212. So much for accuracy. > Back to the PCI-mounted one: A FreeBSD 7.0 live CD I've got calls it an > AR5211 with a HAL status of 13. OpenBSD installs 4.7 & 4.4 call it an > AR5311 with a HAL status 22. OpenBSD 4.1 install calls it a 5211, 4.0 & 4.2 > don't find it (floppy install image). Debian Linux 5.03 calls it an ath5k > and says it fails the POST. It's good you've mentioned it. I tried to work with a laptop using Atheros chipset for wireless. OpenBSD dmesg shows Atheros AR5424 and another number like AR5xxx I can't remember, but I can't find this model on Qualcomm Atheros site. Windows XP shows Atheros AR5700 series. Which is what ? Maybe someone who got it right can give us a clue. Thanks