Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 00:02:03 +0200 From: Lucius Windschuh <lwindschuh@googlemail.com> To: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: uath(4) has been committed. Message-ID: <90a5caac0905161502x3771072n22d58111a235de24@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090407022956.GA71377@weongyo.cdnetworks.kr> References: <20090407022956.GA71377@weongyo.cdnetworks.kr>
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2009/4/7 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> > Hello, > > FYI uath(4) driver has been committed into HEAD. To work with uath(4) > it needs to load the firmware using uathload. The example would be as > follows: > > # kldload if_uath > [plugin Atheros USB stick] > ugen0.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus0 > # uathload -d /dev/ugen0.2 > [after downloading the firmware it'll retry to attach] > # ifconfig uath0 > > Normally uathload could be found at /usr/sbin or > /usr/src/usr.sbin/uathload for sources and if you don't want to execute > uathload by hand it'd be better to add a entry into devd.conf(5). Thanks for porting the driver. I tried it with a TRENDnet TEW-504UB/EU on CURRENT as of today. But there are a couple of problems with that device: 1. Different product ID My TEW-504UB/EU becomes 0x3207 after loading the firmware. OK, this one is easy to fix: Index: sys/dev/usb/usbdevs =================================================================== --- sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (revision 192196) +++ sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (working copy) @@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ product UMEDIA ALL0298V2 0x3204 ALL0298 v2 product UMEDIA AR5523_2 0x3205 AR5523 product UMEDIA AR5523_2_NF 0x3206 AR5523 (no firmware) +product UMEDIA AR5523_3 0x3207 AR5523 /* Universal Access products */ product UNIACCESS PANACHE 0x0101 Panache Surf USB ISDN Adapter Index: sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c =================================================================== --- sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c (revision 192196) +++ sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c (working copy) @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ UATH_DEV(NETGEAR3, WPN111), UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, TEW444UBEU), UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, AR5523_2), + UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, AR5523_3), UATH_DEV(WISTRONNEWEB, AR5523_1), UATH_DEV(WISTRONNEWEB, AR5523_2), UATH_DEV(ZCOM, AR5523) I don't know why this device has another product ID with a loaded firmware, but perhaps because it is an 802.11a capable device? BTW: the vendor's firmware leads to the known ID (0x3205), but uath bails out: uath0: timeout waiting for reply to cmd 0x1 (1) uath0: could not initialize adapter device_attach: uath0 attach returned 35 uath0: timeout waiting for reply to cmd 0x1 (1) uath0: could not initialize adapter device_attach: uath0 attach returned 35 ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (disconnected) ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 So, now to the second problem: The device works like a charm in 802.11b/g mode (ifconfig wlan0 chanlist 1-13) with FreeBSD's firmware. But 802.11a scanning does not work. Without the chanlist restrictiong, I get the following messages: (plug in the device) ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (uathload) ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (disconnected) ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0) wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:14:d1:c0:23:5f (ifconfig wlan0 up) uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue uath0: could not init Tx queues, error 55 uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue uath0: could not set channel, error 55 [...] uath0: could not set channel, error 55 uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue uath0: could not write register 0x08 uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue uath0: could not set channel, error 55 uath0: could not switch channel I'd like to provide additional debugging information. If you need more, please tell me what. BTW: Could you add a message declaring the device when it is plugged in? Something like "uath0: <TRENDnet TEW-504UB wireless LAN adaptor> on usbus?" and "uath0: ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"? Kind regards, Lucius
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