From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 14:51:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324ED16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:51:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailgate3.roche.com (mailgate3.roche.com [196.3.50.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498BA43D4C for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:51:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andre.van_schalkwyk@roche.com) Received: from rkamsemcn1.emea.roche.com ([145.245.214.243]) by mailgate3.roche.com (MOS 3.5.5-GR) with ESMTP id APG30771; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:51:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from rkamsem1.emea.roche.com ([145.245.142.209]) by rkamsemcn1.emea.roche.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:51:10 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:51:10 +0100 Message-ID: <47318C4EB396E34F85DEEBB86C3718F801D3D52B@rkamsem1.emea.roche.com> Thread-Topic: HEADSUP: ath updates Thread-Index: AcTdWGQK1oza1RpiTieJod5Ll/tQjQBbutwA From: "van Schalkwyk, Andre {PGIN~Kaiseraugst}" To: "Sam Leffler" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Dec 2004 14:51:10.0677 (UTC) FILETIME=[B00DD050:01C4DEC7] Subject: RE: HEADSUP: ath updates X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:51:14 -0000 Any idea when the ath_hal will support atheros 5213 chips?=20 -andre -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Sam Leffler Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:10 PM To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: HEADSUP: ath updates I just committed updates for the ath driver and the ath hal. There are many=20 changes to this code including a split of the tx rate control algorithm into=20 a separate module. This means that when statically configuring the driver=20 you now need to specify: device ath device ath_hal device ath_rate_onoe to get the previous functionality (i.e. the previous rate control algorithm). =20 There is a second rate control algorithm that is slightly different from the=20 onoe algorithm; you can try that with device ath_rate_amrr However both of these algorithms are still rather lame and a good algorithm is=20 needed. I encourage folks to step up and work on this as a good tx rate control algorithm makes all the difference. The new hal should support all shipping Atheros parts. Operation should be=20 noticeably better and the driver supports all the functionality of the=20 revised net80211 layer. This includes the security protocols (WPA, 802.11i,=20 802.1x), the QoS/Multi-media protocols (WME/WMM), and more. One problem to beware of is that WME and WPA currently do not work together=20 (for AP operation at least). If you want to test out WPA be sure to disable=20 wme--this will require the new ifconfig that I'll be committing shortly. There's still a bunch of work to do on the driver. I'll be working fulltime=20 on this stuff for the next few months; mainly on AP support. Sam _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"