From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 23:01:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF2631065672 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:01:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8291C8FC12 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:01:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id mBFN1dZX009128 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:01:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4946E1D3.5090005@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:01:39 -0800 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Morgan References: <1988001541.20081215103053@serebryakov.spb.ru> <49469ED0.5070308@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC--Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath: is here full list of supported chipsets and chipsets comparsion? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:01:43 -0000 Wes Morgan wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Lev Serebryakov wrote: >>> Hello, All. >>> >>> `man ath' on FreeBSD 7.1-PRE speaks only about WPA2 in AR5212 and >>> not-supported AR5005VL. But in "current" cars here are many other >>> chipsets -- 5213A, 5414, etc... And Atheros site is not very helpful >>> now -- there are not 5212, 5213A, 5414 chipsets in both areas "WLAN >>> for Home, Office and Metro Wi-Fi" and "WLAN for Mobile" (BTW, link to >>> http://customerproducts.atheros.com/ doesn't work anymore). >>> >>> Is here full list of supported chipsets, and, maybe, some table with >>> chipsets features (AES, WPA2, AP mode, etc)? >>> >>> >> HEAD supports most PCI/cardbus parts. The main exceptions are the >> 9280 and 9285. The ath9k driver for linux supports them and anyone >> can add support using that. 11n parts only support legacy operation >> though w/ ~10 line change to the driver you can get 11n RX + legacy TX. >> >> RELENG_7 has a much older hal and lacks support for many cards. I >> recommend using HEAD if wireless support is important to you. No ETA >> on an update by me--others are welcome to supply the changes. >> >> All ath cards support all features you listed (except for the 5210 >> which you're unlikely to care about). > > Sam, > > I just updated my system from -stable to -current this weekend, and > I'm noticing a lot more issues with the ath driver losing its > association much more frequently, sometimes failing to reassociate > altogether. The strange part is that tcpdump shows packets being > received from the network just fine, but nothing seems to be > transmitted (although I have not stepped over to my file server to > verify this). A manual unload / reload of the module "solves" the > problem, but I get a warning about a memory leak. I see no relevant PR's. I cannot fix problems w/o information. > > Code-wise, the only difference since the "open sourcing" is simply > that we now have the code, correct? Only difference between what? The code in the tree is my latest work. If there are problems I will do my best to fix them given sufficient information and/or the ability to reproduce the problem. Sam