[Soekris] net4501 vs Wistron CM9

[Ben]

Thanks for the tip Martin- I think I mis-counted the devices in the BIOS 
list. I'll follow up over at leaf-user next week.

-bp




soekris-tech-request at lists.soekris.com wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
>> > Martin, that's discouraging. Did a card with another chipset ever work 
>> > in the 4501? Maybe Netgate will swap for a card known to work in this board.
> yup, I've been using prism based cards on several 4501 boxes without any
> problems.
> And I stand corrected - since I wasn't able to find the post that I
> remembered reading a long time ago, I simply tried it - and the CM9
> seems to work just fine in my 4501 (the drivers load and the interfaces
> show up just fine)
> So, please disregard anything I said about general issues with 4501 and
> CM9 cards. I don't exactly remember what the issue was that I had with
> 4501 boxes and Atheros cards in the past, and I can't reproduce it anymore.
> 
> Taking a closer look at the BIOS messages you posted, it actually seems
> like the card is recognized
> 
>> > 0:16:0 168C 0013 02000001 0116 0290 10 3C 00 A0000000 00000000 10
> This should be the card, since Vendor ID 168C is "Atheros Communications
> Inc.", according to http://www.pcidatabase.com
> 
> So I guess the next question how you set up Bering uClibc - since this
> is rather OT for this list, lets follow up on that on the leaf-user list.
> 
>> >