Re: HEADS UP: ath_hal updated to 0.10.5.10 -- PLEASE TEST
Vincent Hoffman <[email protected]>
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Henri-Pierre Charles wrote: > Hello, (I reply to myself) > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Henri-Pierre Charles > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Rui Paulo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We've updated ath_hal in HEAD to 0.10.5.10. This supports a couple of >>> new chips, namely those on the Asus Eee PC, MacBooks and other laptops. >>> >> It's included into 8.0-CURRENT-200809-i386 snapshot if I understand correctly. >> I've tried 7.1-BETA and 8.0-CURRENT-200809 on my eeepc model 701 >> >> 7.1 does not recognize ath0, as expected, but 8.0-CURRENT does. >> The corresponding dmesg can be found here : >> >> * http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~hpc/pmwiki/uploads/Data/dmesg-7.1-BETA.txt >> * http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~hpc/pmwiki/uploads/Data/dmesg-8.0-200809.txt >> >> The 8.0-CURRENT-200809-i386 contain ath_hal 0.10.5.10 but I was unable >> to use the interface. "dhclient ath0" never give up. Let me know if I >> can try something. >> > > I discover a "new" way to configure network interface, with wlan > I have tried to put in my rc.conf: > wlans_ath0=wlan0 > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > > And .. it works, with a WPA2 configuration and also with only DHCP. > Conclusion 8-0-CURRENT-200809 work out of the box for the eeepc 701. > > The only documentation I have found is > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/BSDCan2005.pdf . Is there something > more substantial ? > > /usr/src/UPDATING check the 20080420 entry. Always check this when updating your sources unless you read every mail on the current@ mailing list and even then its worth checking it. Vince >> And what about the rj45 interface for eee 701 ? Any chance to be supported >> in a near future ? >> > > Any tips ? > > H-P > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"