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      pcatiprodotnet
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      Thank you for the help and suggestions.
      So far I have been unable to find where to join and submit to the "freebsdmobile" mailing list.

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        lsf
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        http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile

        -lsf

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          pcatiprodotnet
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          I submitted the information to the mailing list…

          http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2006-March/008099.html

          Thank you lsf, -pc

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            pcatiprodotnet
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            Sam wrote:
            Did you ask the vendor if the eeprom were misprogrammed?  As far as I
            can tell the pci device id is chip=0xff16168c which has the correct
            vendor id (168c) but nonsense for a device id (ff16).  In general
            Atheros uses device id's with 0's in the upper nibble and f's only for
            pre-production parts that are never used in retail products.

            Is there any way for me to alter my Device Id"?
            Could the driver be altered to recognize my Device Id?
            If not, I may need to send one of these to Sam…

            I've ordered another EMP-8602 from a different vendor for comparison testing.
            -pc

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              sullrich
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              @pcatiprodotnet:

              Sam wrote:
              Did you ask the vendor if the eeprom were misprogrammed?  As far as I
              can tell the pci device id is chip=0xff16168c which has the correct
              vendor id (168c) but nonsense for a device id (ff16).  In general
              Atheros uses device id's with 0's in the upper nibble and f's only for
              pre-production parts that are never used in retail products.

              Sounds like hardware issues.  Call the manufacturer is about all we can say at this point.

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                pcatiprodotnet
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                I have a feeling the vendor wouldn't care since they don't officially support freebsd.
                I'll try and find a flash bios upgrade for this card (EnGenius Senao EMP-8602)…
                Thank you,-Pete

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                  squarepusher
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                  There's an utility called ar5k, people use it to change the regdomain and countrycode, but I have seen som sites where people use it to change the deviceid.
                  So do a search on google for ar5k.c and be aware that you might ruin your card.

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                    pcatiprodotnet
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                    I received another suggestion…

                    [this is also suggested by above by lsf, but I must have missed it;
                    I usually skip quoted/reply text because it's usually repeat info
                    from an earlier post in the same thread.]

                    "Its possible that the PCI reset timing is causing this issue.
                    …
                    Be aware that PC Engines recently released an update to the BIOS for 
                    its WRAP boards.  From the release notes:
                    -    WRAP BIOS revision history:
                    -    ; v1.11
                    -    ; pd 051108 extend insufficient PCI reset pulse width - caused
                    -    ;          problems with Atheros single chip cards.
                    The 8602 cards are (indeed) based on a single-chip Atheros part. "

                    Will try flashing the WRAP BIOS monday and report...
                    Thanks,-pc

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                      lsf
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                      Heh, I already mentioned the wrap firmware issue in the 5th post in this thread.
                      http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=676.msg5200#msg5200

                      I hope you already did upgrade to the newest bios rev.

                      -lsf

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                        lsf
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                        Any news ? was the wrap firmware the issue ?

                        -lsf

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                          pcatiprodotnet
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                          I haven't yet been able to allocate a few free hours to discover how to flash the WRAP.
                          It may have to wait until next week.  I ordered two new WRAP.2C units, hopefully with
                          the latest bios, and two new EMP-8602.  They should be arriving soon; will post results.
                          Thank you,-pc

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                            hoba
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                            from http://pcengines.ch/wrap1c.pdf :

                            (9) 9600 baud 3 38400 baud
                            (C) CHS mode L LBA mode
                            (X) Xmodem upload (Q) Quit

                            […]

                            • XMODEM upload of new firmware (X). Start transmission when prompted. 128 byte and 1024
                              byte packet sizes can be accepted, CRC mode only. Checksum mode is not supported as it is
                              considered too risky for firmware upgrade.
                              The actual flash update algorithm is included in the uploaded file. Flash programming takes
                              about two seconds. If power fails during this time, the BIOS chip will need to be
                              reprogrammed through other means.
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                              pcatiprodotnet
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                              I upgraded to wrap bios 1.11: "PC Engines WRAP.2B/2C v1.11".
                              I purchased two additional EMP-8602 mini-pci cards that do Not have "ff" in the device id.

                              Using the latest pfSense versions 04-02-2006 and 04-03-2006, both
                              old and new cards are NOT detected.
                              However, after "downgrading" to pfSense 03-27-2006 they both ARE detected!

                              Here is the output from "pciconf -lv" and "dmesg" when using pfSense 04-02-2006:

                              pciconf -lv

                              hostb0@pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00011078 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = bridge
                                  subclass = HOST-PCI
                              none0@pci0:13:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2063168c chip=0x001b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = network
                                  subclass = ethernet
                              sis0@pci0:14:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0020100b chip=0x0020100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = network
                                  subclass = ethernet
                              none1@pci0:17:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2063168c chip=0x001b168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = network
                                  subclass = ethernet
                              isab0@pci0:18:0: class=0x060100 card=0x0500100b chip=0x0510100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = bridge
                                  subclass = PCI-ISA
                              none2@pci0:18:1: class=0x068000 card=0x0501100b chip=0x0511100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = bridge
                              atapci0@pci0:18:2: class=0x010180 card=0x0502100b chip=0x0502100b rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = mass storage
                                  subclass = ATA
                              none3@pci0:18:3: class=0x040100 card=0x0503100b chip=0x0503100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = multimedia
                                  subclass = audio
                              none4@pci0:18:5: class=0x068000 card=0x0505100b chip=0x0515100b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
                                  class    = bridge

                              dmesg

                              Copyright © 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
                              Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                              The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                              FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p6 #0: Sun Apr  2 22:26:42 UTC 2006
                                  sullrich@builder.livebsd.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense_wrap.6
                              Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                              CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by National Semi (266.69-MHz 586-class CPU)
                                Origin = "Geode by NSC"  Id = 0x540  Stepping = 0
                                Features=0x808131 <fpu,tsc,msr,cx8,cmov,mmx>real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)
                              avail memory = 121917440 (116 MB)
                              wlan: mac acl policy registered
                              ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
                              npx0: [FAST]
                              npx0: <math processor="">on motherboard</math>
                              npx0: INT 16 interface
                              cpu0 on motherboard
                              pcib0: <host to="" pci="" bridge="">pcibus 0 on motherboard
                              pci0: <pci bus="">on pcib0
                              pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
                              sis0: <natsemi 10="" dp8381[56]="" 100basetx="">port 0x1000-0x10ff mem 0x80040000-0x80040fff irq 10 at device 14.0 on pci0
                              sis0: Silicon Revision: DP83816A
                              miibus0: <mii bus="">on sis0
                              ukphy0: <generic ieee="" 802.3u="" media="" interface="">on miibus0
                              ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
                              sis0: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:03:8c:c4
                              pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 17.0 (no driver attached)
                              Geode GPIO@ = f400
                              Geode PC Engines WRAP.2B/2C v1.11 tinyBIOS V1.4a (C)1997-2005
                              isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">port 0xf400-0xf43f,0xf600-0xf63f at device 18.0 on pci0
                              isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
                              pci0: <bridge>at device 18.1 (no driver attached)
                              atapci0: <national geode="" sc1100="" ata33="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 18.2 on pci0
                              ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
                              ata1: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
                              pci0: <multimedia, audio="">at device 18.3 (no driver attached)
                              Geode CBA@ 0x9000
                              Geode rev: 06 03
                              Timecounter "Geode" frequency 27000000 Hz quality 1000
                              pci0: <bridge>at device 18.5 (no driver attached)
                              pmtimer0 on isa0
                              orm0: <isa option="" rom="">at iomem 0xe0000-0xe7fff on isa0
                              ppc0: parallel port not found.
                              sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x30 on isa0
                              sio0: type 16550A, console
                              sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
                              sio1: port may not be enabled
                              Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
                              Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
                              ad0: FAILURE - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE status=51 <ready,dsc,error>error=4 <aborted>ad0: 122MB <hitachi xx.v.3.7.0.0="" rev="" 0.00="">at ata0-master BIOSPIO
                              GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0a is ufs/pfSense.
                              GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad0d is ufs/pfSenseCfg.
                              Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense
                              sis0: link state changed to DOWN
                              pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled

                              Thank you,
                              -Pete</hitachi></aborted></ready,dsc,error></isa></bridge></multimedia,></ata></ata></national></bridge></isa></pci-isa></network,></generic></mii></natsemi></network,></pci></host></fpu,tsc,msr,cx8,cmov,mmx>

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                                pcatiprodotnet
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                                fyi:
                                EMP-8602 is detected and functioning again in the 04-06-06 pfSense snapshot…
                                http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/RELENG_1_SNAPSHOT_04-06-2006/pfSense.img.gz

                                Thanks,
                                -Pete

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