From: Nick ! (kousuegmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 14:37:19 CDT

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On 3/19/07, mail-lists <mail-listspeachnet.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I've asked this before and didn't get a response.. am I asking
> this incorrectly - or in the wrong place?

This is the right place, you just haven't done your research so no one
bothered to answer. You might want to look into
openbsd-newbiessfobug.org.

>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to get a mini pci card working on OpenBSD 4.0. I ripped this
> card out of a dlink router that we weren't using. From what I understand
> it's supposed to use the acx driver.
>
> When I try to do an 'ifconfig acx0 up' it gives me 'Device no configured'
>
> I'm assuming that this is because OpenBSD didn't detect the card. I
> scoured the dmesg output but didn't find anything that looks like a
> wireless card.

If $dmesg | grep acx gives you nothing then ifconfig acx0 won't work.

Where does your information that it's supposed to be acx(4) come from?

> I'm not overly familiar with the way openbsd handles
> hardware so is there a way to 'force' openbsd to find the card?

No. Everything your kernel can load is loaded. OpenBSD is not like linux :)

>
> I've already installed the firmware as specified in the man-page, but I
> don't know where to go from here..
>
> I have a feeling I'm SOL with this card

If it's from a dlink, probably. Get a ral(4), they are from a nice
taiwanese company that is friendly to open source.

[snip dmesg]

-Nick

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