On 2016-01-09, Stefan Sperling <s...@stsp.name> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 09, 2016 at 03:48:41PM +0100, Nick Erdmann wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm running OpenBSD 5.8 i386 on an Acer Aspire One ZG5. Wifi doesn't work. >> I've attached the dmesg output. The device has a wifi switch, which doesn't >> seem to have any effect on this problem. On FreeBSD and Linux everything >> works as expected. > >> ath0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 4 int 18 >> ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 10.2 eeprom 5.3, WOR5_ETSIC, address >> 00:23:4d:49:47:91 > > If you search the archives for AR5424 you'll find several reports > of this card not working. Non-working support for it was added > to the ath(4) driver about 10 years ago and was never fixed. > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=115869131029674&w=2
Fortunately, unlike some laptops, there is no BIOS whitelist in the ZG5 so you can use any suitable minipcie card. > Unless you're into driver development and fix this problem yourself > there's not much that can be done about it at this time. > The main problem has always been that no developer owns this device. > So the best I can suggest is that you open up your laptop, replace the > AR5424 card with a different one that works and ship the AR5424 card to me. > Eventually I might find time and motivation and look into fixing the > driver. Or someone else might and I'll pass the card on to that person. In theory I should have one of these somewhere...
