On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: > > So are you saying I can't just grab the ath module? > > Depends. Maybe a newer version of the module requires a more > recent version of the kernel, because a new interface or > function was added... > > > I'd rather stick to release, but I guess if I'm having to rebuild the > > kernel each update... > > You _can_ try to just compile (1st step) and load (2nd step) > the module with the RELEASE kernel, but it's not guaranteed > to work. Both steps may require updates in sources or in the > running kernel as illustrated above. You may try to get ath driver from -HEAD and compile it with your RELENG_8 tree[1]. There are many fixes for this chipset in the -HEAD. The coming 9 will have it(I don't know the timeframe for the release though)
[1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless/2011-May/000224.html Maciej _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
