Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:06:08 +0200 From: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ath] more updates; please test (especially if you're using an AR9280) Message-ID: <E1PhINE-0001gl-QU@clue.co.za> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimvRBoX1i1uQPh13ZdGmwOE-K4WaerrsWgwFyXw@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimvRBoX1i1uQPh13ZdGmwOE-K4WaerrsWgwFyXw@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=iY7anETdhMqV6jU1px5gxKiTucWR1x-rgMzD1@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 23 January 2011 23:03, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I've done a few updates to the ath driver today. In particular, I've > > updated the register initvals used to program the AR9280. It's making > > my AR9280 here behave a lot better. > > Just as a followup - it's a -lot- better. I can't stress how much > better my AR9280 is behaving after the updates to the initvals. > > Beforehand the AR9280 would lock up after 2-3 minutes in monitor mode, > and whilst in that mode it'd miss a lot of RX packets. After the > initval update, it's been happily receiving in monitor mode for > 30 > minutes. I'm quite shocked. :) I agree. I had several lockups this morning (bb hangs) and the wlan0 interface refused to destroy and create after that. Since updating, it's been stable for the last hour. Ian -- Ian Freislich
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