On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 06:56:45PM +0100, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote: > Hi, > > got a cheap TP-Link TL-WN821N, which shows up as Atheros AR7015 under Windows > 10. > > athn0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATHEROS USB WLAN" rev > 2.00/2.02 addr 5 > athn0: failed loadfirmware of file athn-open-ar7010 (error 2) > athn0: could not load firmware > athn0 at uhub3 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "ATHEROS USB WLAN" rev > 2.00/2.02 addr 5 > athn0: bad ROM checksum 0x2c64 > athn0: could not read ROM > athn0: could not attach chip
> > usbdevs -v: > addr 05: 0cf3:7015 ATHEROS, USB WLAN > high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, rev 2.02, iSerial 12345 > driver: athn0 > > Just wanted to make sure I don't miss anything, don't see that chpset somehow > listed in athn(4) page, so guess this is just not supported yet? Please try this device on a another USB port and/or another machine. There's a long-standing bug where these devices don't work on some USB host controllers with our drivers, in particular ehci(4). Last I tried plugging an athn(4) behind a hub, it would not work at all.