On 01/26/2011 12:35 PM, sergey.k...@gmail.com wrote: > My Acer Aspire One 751 shipped with Atheros AR5424. > It isn't supported, but was found during boot > >> ath0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros AR5424" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17 (irq >> 4) >> ath0: AR5424 14.2 phy 7.0 rf 0.0, WOR5_ETSIC, address 00:24:2c:6f:ab:c0 > > It fails to scan network: > > $ ifconfig ath0 scan debug > ath0: unable to reset hardware: hal status 3 > > I've found that Luis Henriques was able to use it year ago > http://www.mail-archive.com/tech@openbsd.org/msg01613.html > > So I've started from recompiling my kernel. > No changes applied just src.tar.gz by ftp and recompiled kernel > > Running same command gives me other errors: > > $ ifconfig ath0 scan debug > ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 200 > ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3692322168 > > Running again gives only second: > > $ ifconfig ath0 scan debug > ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3692322168 > > Why? I've made no changes in kernel and I was waiting for same error (status > 3)! > > there was no changes except recompiling kernel. I've downloaded src.tar.gz > and sys.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.spline.de/pub/OpenBSD/4.8/ > > which is official ftp mirror > 12:33 < sergeykish> then I've used instructions from > http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html 5.3.4 - Building the kernel > > 12:36 < sergeykish> yes, AR5424 isn't supported, but I've found > http://www.mail-archive.com/tech@openbsd.org/msg01613.html > 12:36 < sergeykish> and first step is recompiling kernel and checking same > behaviour > 12:37 < sergeykish> but for some reason it is changed, why? > 12:37 < sergeykish> (I've recompiled kernel without patch) >
Short answer, it doesn't work. http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=129274716428603&w=2 which just points to: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=126420221716157&w=2 -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
