Re: NetBSD 5.0.1 cannot see wireless card

["Cyrille Vladimirov" <kiro%kircho.net@localhost>]

Hi again!
I think here are good details about installation of very similar card
under Linux and NetBSD.
     http://www.fehu.org/atheros-en.html
I hope this will help you.
Cyrille


On 10/17/2009, "Davide Marini" <dmarini%MIT.EDU@localhost> wrote:

>Hi Nino and Cyrille,
>
>Thank you so much for your reply!
>The wireless card is an Atheros 9280.
>I gooled firmware for this card, but couldn't find anything pertinent.
>How do I install firmware on NetBSD? My apologies for my inexperience!
>
>I copied below the NetBSD dmesg, in case it can help.
>Also, I tried FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and it recognizes the card.
>
>Thank you very much in advance for your help!
>
>Regards,
>Davide
>
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>NetBSD 5.0.1 (PHENOM) #0: Mon Oct 12 18:41:29 EDT 2009
>       davide@davide-desktop:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/PHENOM
>total memory = 7935 MB
>avail memory = 7678 MB
>timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
>timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
>SMBIOS rev. 2.5 @ 0x9ec00 (44 entries)
>HP-Pavilion NY464AA-ABA p6130y ( )
>mainbus0 (root)
>cpu0 at mainbus0 apid 0: AMD 686-class, 2400MHz, id 0x100f23
>cpu0: SVM disabled by the BIOS
>cpu1 at mainbus0 apid 1: AMD 686-class, 2400MHz, id 0x100f23
>cpu2 at mainbus0 apid 2: AMD 686-class, 2400MHz, id 0x100f23
>cpu3 at mainbus0 apid 3: AMD 686-class, 2400MHz, id 0x100f23
>ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 4: pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins
>acpi0 at mainbus0: Intel ACPICA 20080321
>acpi0: X/RSDT: OemId <HPQOEM,SLIC-CPC,20090701>, AslId <MSFT,00000097>
>acpi0: SCI interrupting at int 9
>acpi0: fixed-feature power button present
>timecounter: Timecounter "ACPI-Fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
>ACPI-Fast 24-bit timer
>acpi: activated PNP0C0F
>pcppi1 at acpi0 (SPKR, PNP0800)
>pcppi1: io 0x61
>midi0 at pcppi1: PC speaker (CPU-intensive output)
>sysbeep0 at pcppi1
>hpet0 at acpi0 (HPET, PNP0103-0)
>hpet0: mem 0xfed00000-0xfed00fff irq 2,8
>timecounter: Timecounter "hpet0" frequency 25000000 Hz quality 2000
>attimer1 at acpi0 (TMR, PNP0100): AT Timer
>attimer1: io 0x40-0x43
>WMI0 (pnp0c14) at acpi0 not configured
>WMI1 (pnp0c14) at acpi0 not configured
>acpibut0 at acpi0 (PWRB, PNP0C0C-170): ACPI Power Button
>attimer1: attached to pcppi1
>pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
>pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
>NVIDIA product 0x0754 (RAM memory, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not 
>configured
>pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0
>pcib0: NVIDIA product 0x075c (rev. 0xa2)
>NVIDIA product 0x0752 (SMBus serial bus, revision 0xa1) at pci0 dev 1 function 
>1 not configured
>NVIDIA product 0x0751 (RAM memory, revision 0xa1) at pci0 dev 1 function 2 not 
>configured
>NVIDIA product 0x0753 (Co-processor processor, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 1 
>function 3 not configured
>NVIDIA product 0x0568 (RAM memory, revision 0xa1) at pci0 dev 1 function 4 not 
>configured
>ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x077b (rev. 0xa1)
>LUB0: Picked IRQ 20 with weight 0
>ohci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 20
>ohci0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
>usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
>ehci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1: NVIDIA product 0x077c (rev. 0xa1)
>LUB2: Picked IRQ 21 with weight 0
>ehci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21
>ehci0: BIOS has given up ownership
>ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
>ehci0: companion controller, 15 ports each: ohci0
>usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>ohci1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x077d (rev. 0xa1)
>UB11: Picked IRQ 22 with weight 0
>ohci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22
>ohci1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
>usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
>ehci1 at pci0 dev 4 function 1: NVIDIA product 0x077e (rev. 0xa1)
>UB12: Picked IRQ 23 with weight 0
>ehci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 23
>ehci1: BIOS refuses to give up ownership, using force
>ehci1: EHCI version 1.0
>ehci1: companion controller, 15 ports each: ohci1
>usb3 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
>azalia0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Generic High Definition Audio Controller
>LAZA: Picked IRQ 20 with weight 1
>azalia0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 20
>azalia0: host: NVIDIA nForce MCP77 High Definition Audio Controller (rev. 
>161), HDA rev. 1.0
>ppb0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x075a (rev. 0xa1)
>pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
>fwohci0 at pci1 dev 5 function 0: Lucent Technologies FW322/323 IEEE 1394 Host 
>Controller (rev. 0x70)
>LNKD: Picked IRQ 16 with weight 0
>fwohci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16
>fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1)
>fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 8.
>fwohci0: EUI64 00:1e:8c:00:01:f4:c4:e1
>fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports.
>fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
>ieee1394if0 at fwohci0: IEEE1394 bus
>fwip0 at ieee1394if0: IP over IEEE1394
>fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
>pciide0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0
>pciide0: NVIDIA nForce MCP77 AHCI Controller (rev. 0xa2)
>pciide0: bus-master DMA support present, but unused (no driver support)
>pciide0: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>LSA0: Picked IRQ 21 with weight 1
>pciide0: using ioapic0 pin 21 for native-PCI interrupt
>atabus0 at pciide0 channel 0
>pciide0: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
>atabus1 at pciide0 channel 1
>nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: NVIDIA nForce MCP77 Gigabit Ethernet 
>Controller (rev. 0xa2)
>LMAC: Picked IRQ 22 with weight 1
>nfe0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22
>nfe0: Ethernet address 00:26:18:64:8d:c5
>rlphy0 at nfe0 phy 1: RTL8201L 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
>rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x0569 (rev. 0xa1)
>pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>vga0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x0847 (rev. 0xa2)
>wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
>wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
>drm at vga0 not configured
>ppb2 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x0778 (rev. 0xa1)
>ppb2: unsupported PCI Express version
>pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
>pci3: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>ppb3 at pci0 dev 18 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x075b (rev. 0xa1)
>pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
>pci4: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>ppb4 at pci0 dev 19 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x077a (rev. 0xa1)
>pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
>pci5: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>Atheros Communications product 0x002a (miscellaneous network, revision 0x01) 
>at pci5 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>ppb5 at pci0 dev 20 function 0: NVIDIA product 0x077a (rev. 0xa1)
>pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
>pci6: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
>pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0
>pchb0: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Family10h HyperTransport configuration 
>(rev. 0x00)
>pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1
>pchb1: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Family10h Address Map configuration (rev 
>0x00)
>pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2
>pchb2: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Family10h DRAM configuration (rev. 0x00)
>amdtemp0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3
>amdtemp0: AMD CPU Temperature Sensors (Family10h / Family11h)
>pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 4
>pchb3: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Family10h Link configuration (rev. 0x00)
>isa0 at pcib0
>pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
>pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
>pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
>wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>fwohci0: BUS reset
>fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
>ieee1394if0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
>ieee1394if0: bus manager 0 (me)
>timecounter: Timecounter "clockinterrupt" frequency 100 Hz quality 0
>timecounter: Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2400116080 Hz quality 3000
>azalia0: codec[0]: Realtek ALC888 (rev. 2.2), HDA rev. 1.0
>audio0 at azalia0: full duplex, independent
>uhub0 at usb0: NVIDIA OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub0: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
>uhub1 at usb1: NVIDIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub1: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
>uhub2 at usb2: NVIDIA OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
>uhub3 at usb3: NVIDIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
>uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
>wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <ST3750528AS>
>wd0: quirks 2<FORCE_LBA48>
>wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
>wd0: 698 GB, 1453521 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 1465149168 sectors
>wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
>atapibus0 at atabus1: 2 targets
>cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653R, Q8946GBS64512300, 0301> 
>cdrom removable
>cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
>uhidev0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
>uhidev0: Primax Electronics USB Optical Mouse, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2, iclass 
>3/1
>ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
>wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
>uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
>uhidev1: CHICONY HP USB Multimedia Keyboard, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
>ukbd0 at uhidev1
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>On Sat, Oct 17 2009 - 23:30, Cyrille Vladimirov wrote:
>> Hi David!
>>
>> about 2: some hardware needs to load some firmware before the driver
>> itself. i think the wireless cards are in the list of these divices.
>> Just goolge what is the firmwae part for this card.
>>
>> abount 3: What burner you are using on this laptop? I am using k3b for
>> many years and have no problem (on desktops and servers)
>> Regards
>> Cyrille
>>
>> >
>> >-------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> >> Datum: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:28:37 -0400
>> >> Von: Davide Marini <dmarini%MIT.EDU@localhost>
>> >> An: netbsd-users%NetBSD.org@localhost
>> >> Betreff: NetBSD 5.0.1 cannot see wireless card
>> >
>> >> Dear Friends of NetBSD:
>> >>
>> >> I just installed NetBSD 5.0.1 on my new HP Pavilion (AMD Phenom X4) and
>> >> encountered an unusual number of problems:
>> >>
>> >> 1) On boot, the installer didn't see the hard drive.  I solved this by
>> >> changing the disk controller from RAID to IDE in the BIOS.
>> >>
>> >> 2) Even after recompiling the GENERIC kernel with most options
>> >> uncommented,
>> >> the wireless card (Atheros) is not seen during boot.
>> >> 'ifconfig -a' doesn't show any ath0 device.
>> >>
>> >> 3) I cannot mount CDs other than those burned using NetBSD itself.
>> >> No problem in mounting USB keys.
>> >>
>> >> I am wondering whether anybody else on the list has a similar machine.
>> >> Any help would be very much appreciated!
>> >>
>> >> Here are the specifications:
>> >> http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01748306&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
>> >>
>> >> Thank you so much in advance for your time!
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Davide
>> >
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