Re: 5.3 doesn't detect wireless card dwl g520

From: Andrew L. Gould (algould_at_datawok.com)
Date: 05/24/05

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    To: Timothy Smith <timothy@open-networks.net>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:52:17 -0500

    On Tuesday 24 May 2005 08:51 am, Timothy Smith wrote:
    > Andrew L. Gould wrote:
    > >On Tuesday 24 May 2005 06:59 am, Timothy Smith wrote:
    > >>Andrew L. Gould wrote:
    > >>>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 02:50 am, Timothy Smith wrote:
    > >>>>is there something extra i can do to force it to load this card?
    > >>>
    > >>>What do you mean by "extra"? What have you done so far?
    > >>>
    > >>>Have you recompiled the kernel with device lines for ath and
    > >>>ath_hal?
    > >>>
    > >>>Andrew Gould
    > >>>_______________________________________________
    > >>
    > >>i tried compiling it with ath and ath_hal, but it totally freaks
    > >> out on make. error on apci (i thought that stuff was disabled in
    > >> generic?)
    > >
    > >What version of FreeBSD are you using? Note that the atheros
    > > chipset is only supported by FreeBSD 5*.
    > >
    > >If apci is incompatible with your hardware, you may have to disable
    > > it and revert back to apm (or neither).
    > >
    > >Andrew Gould
    >
    > it's 5.3 release,
    > apci and apm are disabled in generic (which i copied).
    > i added the lines device ath and device ath_hal
    >
    > i get the error
    >
    > "internal compiler error: segmentation fault"
    > stop in /usr/src/sys/modules/ctau
    >
    > sorry i can't provide any kind of dump. wifi is this machines only
    > option for networking :/ should i just give up or is there a glimmer
    > of hope i might get this to work?

    Since I had a version B of the same wireless PCI card working in 5.3, I
    wouldn't give up. I would, however, update the system using cvsup in
    case something is missing/corrupted in the source code.

    (Also check the version of the PCI card. Is it version B?)

    Best of luck,

    Andrew Gould
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