On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:49:56PM +0300, Mihai Popescu wrote: > Hello, > > I have this usb2.0 dongle, TP-LINK TL-WN722N wireless device. I've got > it after I installed OpenBSD so I have run fw_update -a for firmware. > Still I get this error athn0: could not load firmware after plugin. > The manual page says it should be an error number in message, but it > is not. > > Wiki chipset page says it contains Atheros AR9002U as a chipset and > AR9271 as a wireless chipset. The manual says support exists for > AR9271, but AR9002U is not mentioned. The device shows in pictures > only one chip marked AR9271. > In one CVS message back in 2010 by Daniel Bergamini, it says AR9002U > is supported along many others. > Should I consider it as non supported, please? > > Thanks
I believe this is a power management issue with ehci(4). Your device doesn't get enough juice to power up. See http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=143645936727569&w=2 The device will probably work just fine on a different machine.
