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[larryonline]

Chinese Version:

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经历过一夜和一日近乎崩溃的试验，终于驱动了这个堪称史上最难搞的AR系列无线网卡。

AR9287（AR5B97）成功驱动的步骤，三个必要条件，缺一不可：

1. Mac os x 10.6.7系统。原版10.6.7安装，或者低版本升级10.6.7包都可以

2. Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J4138)-Darwin 10.7.4内核。
替换方法：用小工具ShowAllFiles显示所有文件，把系统分区下mach_kernel先删除，然后复制Darwin 10.7.4内核过去即可，最后用ShowAllFiles隐藏所有文件。MAC变色龙EXTRA目录下的mach_kernel也一样替换。
注：其他版本的mach_kernel也可能正常驱动。


3. IO80211Family.kext for AR9287 10.6.7 (设备 ID为168C-002E，已经修改好，如果你的9287是其他ID，请自行修改)。用kext utility安装即可。


English Version：

3 steps to make your ar9287 work fine in 10.6.7:

1. installed Mac os x 10.6.7 system.
Original 10.6.7 or upgraded 10.6.7 will be fine.

2. Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J4138)-Darwin 10.7.4 mach_kernel.
Substitute the existing mach_kernel in the MAC OS system drive and Chameleon's Extra folder with this one. Use a small tool 'ShowAllFiles' to show the hidden mach_kernel. Delete it and copy the new one in. Then hide the files.

PS. Other versions of mach_kernel might work too.  

3. install IO80211Family.kext for AR9287 10.6.7 with kext utility.
The default hardware ID of my ar9287 is 168C-002E and the kext was modified into it. Other  hardware ID, you can modify it by yourself.

Done. Reboot and check it out.

PS: AR9287 is actually drived by AirPortAtheros9388.kext which is provided in MacBook Pro Software Update 1.4 (DL1382)

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[mercindustries]

Thank You!!! Confirmed working here

[VaKo]

Can you clear. why should you change kernel?

[Paoz]

Thank you very much - /\ -

VaKo, on May 23 2011, 08:06 PM, said:

Can you clear. why should you change kernel?

I think we don't have to change the kernel
For me, It works fine on my nawcom's 10.6.7 legacy kernel

[larryonline]

Paoz, on May 25 2011, 01:36 PM, said:

Thank you very much - /\ -



I think we don't have to change the kernel
For me, It works fine on my nawcom's 10.6.7 legacy kernel

That's great. Previously I tried in 10.6.7 official kernel and it caused panic. And FYI, I tested 10.7.0 official kernel and it worked fine too.

[MinhHQ]

larryonline, on May 27 2011, 02:39 PM, said:

That's great. Previously I tried in 10.6.7 official kernel and it caused panic. And FYI, I tested 10.7.0 official kernel and it worked fine too.

It works on my VPC F11CGX. Thank you very much. Now only Audio and Internal display left

[AlexanderPD]

MinhHQ, on May 30 2011, 04:09 PM, said:

It works on my VPC F11CGX. Thank you very much. Now only Audio and Internal display left

audio works with this: http://www.insanelym...p...t&p=1624792
still nothing for internal video

[sparkythewondersquid]

Works OOTB in Lion Dp4 also but not in Dp3 or earlier

[tannerstell]

sparkythewondersquid, on Jun 10 2011, 12:34 PM, said:

Works OOTB in Lion Dp4 also but not in Dp3 or earlier

Thanks for the kext. This has been a long wait ,but it's become successful. Can lion be installed on a Pentium T4500 processor Dual core 2.3Ghz I don't care about QE/CI. Or if that's not possible, then DP4 like you said. Please reply thanks

[ghostzip]

did anyone got this AR9287 working with lion (10.7.0 or 10.7.1) ?

I see that this kext has AirPortAtheros9388.kext which is the one that points to AR9287 pci id (pci168c,2e). I've tried:
- using the 10.6.7 kext
- using the 10.7.0 kext with modded Info.plist in AirPortAtheros21.kext
- using the 10.7.0 next with modded Info.plist in AirPortAtheros40.kext
- the same as above but for 10.7.1
nothing works..

anyone got this wlan chipset working with lion ? I'm assuming that if modding the info.plist does not work, the dsdt method will not work as well because it's only changing the device id...

[ghostzip]

got it working! with no modified kexts!!
got inspiration from: http://www.insanelym...howtopic=168014 and specially http://www.insanelym...howtopic=234570

you need to mess with DSDT's...

if anyone wants to know how to do it:
1- find the wifi device in the dsdt, mine for example was called PXSX inside pci express port 2
2- rename the device to ARPT and add the methods defined in the thread mentioned
3- the device must then be "renamed" to the 168c:2a instead of the original 168c:2e

for simplicity, here's the added code:

Device (ARPT) // WIFI
			{
				Name (_ADR, Zero)
				Name (_PRW, Package (0x02) {0x0B, 0x05}) // If you want WOL(Wake on LAN support) if not use desired sleep state
					Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
					{
						Store (Package (0x0c)
							{
								"AAPL,slot-name", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, 
								"device-id", Buffer () {0x2A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, 
								"device_type", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, 
								"model", Buffer () {"Atheros 9287 8802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"}, 
								"subsystem-id", Buffer () {0x2A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, 
								"subsystem-vendor-id", Buffer () {0x8C, 0x16, 0x00, 0x00}
							}, Local0)
						DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
						Return (Local0)
					}
			}

[LatinMcG]

ghostzip, on Aug 21 2011, 01:42 PM, said:

got it working! with no modified kexts!!
got inspiration from: http://www.insanelym...howtopic=168014 and specially http://www.insanelym...howtopic=234570

you need to mess with DSDT's...

if anyone wants to know how to do it:
1- find the wifi device in the dsdt, mine for example was called PXSX inside pci express port 2
2- rename the device to ARPT and add the methods defined in the thread mentioned
3- the device must then be "renamed" to the 168c:2a instead of the original 168c:2e

for simplicity, here's the added code:

Device (ARPT) // WIFI
			 {
				 Name (_ADR, Zero)
				 Name (_PRW, Package (0x02) {0x0B, 0x05}) // If you want WOL(Wake on LAN support) if not use desired sleep state
					 Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
					 {
						 Store (Package (0x0c)
							 {
								 "AAPL,slot-name", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, 
								 "device-id", Buffer () {0x2A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, 
								 "device_type", Buffer () {"AirPort"}, 
								 "model", Buffer () {"Atheros 9287 8802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"}, 
								 "subsystem-id", Buffer () {0x2A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, 
								 "subsystem-vendor-id", Buffer () {0x8C, 0x16, 0x00, 0x00}
							 }, Local0)
						 DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
						 Return (Local0)
					 }
			 }

most people tried it and doesnt work. whats the details on your card?. subvendor and subsystem?
i see youre using 2A as subsystem.. which is wrong should be 8F for apple. and 106b apple not 168c  atheros (this might be the trick to bypassing susbsystem checks)

[bergoulle]

The TP-Link TL-WN851ND works for me with 10.7.2.

The are 2 devices ID :

- 168,2d
- 168,2e (PCI Express).  

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