atheros supported wireless card not seen under 5.4 release - help please

From: D. Goss (lists_at_dylangoss.com)
Date: 07/02/05

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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 23:40:03 -0700

    I've been happy with my limited use of FreeBSD and am slowly
    propagating it to other machines I can find... :)

    I've just installed 5.4 release (generic) onto an older Dell Inspiron
    7500 laptop. I'm trying to get a PCMCIA wireless network card
    working and having problems.

    The card is Atheros based and hence listed as supported under the
    harware list (NEC PA-WL/54AG) via ath(4). If I ifconfig the card is
    not shown, I only see the loopback.

    dmesg shows cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver
    attached)

    Finally, the card has been shown to work in another laptop under
    another OS so I know the hardware is good.

    Can anyone give me a few clues where to look that might have a fresh
    install not seeing this card?

    Thank you -
    d.
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