I have heard reports that the newer HAL in later versions makes some ATH cards work that are not reliably probed.
Please try: http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/?M=D Scott On 11/11/05, Marc A. Volovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > I am experiencing a peculiar phenomenon - on a WRAP.1 board (BIOS 1.08), > a TP-Link TL-WN660G card is NOT bound to driver on a cold boot (i.e. power > cycle) - and therefore not used. The card IS detected, HAL is reported > (version 0.9.14.9), but driver remains unbound and card is reported as "not > claimed". > > On subsequent reboots (i.e. console/web ui generated boots), the card is > detected but IS bound to the driver and is, therefore, usable. > > Initially, I suspected both the card and the WRAP. Subsequent tests, with > other Mini-PCI Atheros cards and other WRAP boards (I have access to a > number of both), proves that the behaviour is repeatable. > > Linux does not exhibit similar behavior, with HAL 0.9.16.3 being detected > and driver (ath_pci 0.9.4.5) bound every boot, cold or warm, on the very > same boards and the very same Atheri cards (plural of Atheros, how ;-)... > > Has anyone seen similar behaviour? What can cause this and how can I > provide more pertinent information to check this issue. I readily admit > that my BSD experience is dated (SunOS 4.1), and I am trying to bootstrap > my memory into a more functional mode (among other stuff to be able to > build local versions of the embedded images). > > Thanks! > > Marc > > -- > ---MAV > Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]