From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 18 22:38:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C48B1065695 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:38:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@freebsd.org) Received: from karen.lavabit.com (karen.lavabit.com [72.249.41.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E5B8FC18 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:38:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from d.earth.lavabit.com (d.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.13]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CCE11B893; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:38:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 10.0.10.3 (221.163.108.93.rev.vodafone.pt [93.108.163.221]) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id JYPBK4LVBYH9; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:38:12 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:38:08 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <813E7FEA-2BA9-450C-9826-CE3D799BBDED@FreeBSD.org> References: To: Adrian Chadd X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: freebsd-current , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFT: if_ath HAL refactoring X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:38:14 -0000 On 18 Sep 2010, at 17:09, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi all, > > I've uploaded a snapshot of the if_ath HAL which i've been working on. > I've been refactoring out various bits of the AR5416 HAL into > something that resembles the ath9k hardware MAC/PHY operations to make > it easier to port further ath9k updates over. It also includes the > AR9100 support (but it's missing a couple bits of glue needed to use > it outside of my GIT tree.) Finally, it includes the probe/attach > operations for the AR2427, but I haven't at all tested it yet (and > i've explained why it isn't working in a previous email.) > > It's available for download at http://people.freebsd.org/~adrian/ath/ > . There's a diff against src/sys/files/conf and a tarball that just > replaces the ath device/module directory. > > Note you'll need to add "device if_ath_pci" to your kernel > configuration file as the PCI bus glue is now not built by default in > a static kernel in this HAL. (It's included in the module Makefile by > default.) This was done to allow multiple backend bus types - now > being PCI and "AHB" for the AR9100 SoC. > > I'd appreciate testing by AR5416/AR9160/AR9280/AR9285 users. I only > currently have easy access to AR5416/AR9160. Please let me know > immediately if something doesn't work with this which does work in > -head. > > If you're an AR2427 user, I'd appreciate some brief testing with > HAL_DEBUG_ATTACH/HAL_DEBUG_EEPROM enabled (sysctl > hw.ath.hal.debug=0x8002.) I doubt it'll work but it should attach and > then spit out some computetxtime errors. Let me know if that happens > and I'll see about trying to fix that. Can you also provide a diff against HEAD please? Regards, -- Rui Paulo