From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 19 03:23:53 2007 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 344D916A41A for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:23:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAACE13C428 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:23:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from sam-lefflers-powerbook-g4-15.local ([10.0.0.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l7J3NqCe088504 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:23:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <46C7B7C7.7060105@errno.com> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:23:51 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jacob Hart References: <632825b40708171855u155d0195udb6994999de12d15@mail.gmail.com> <46C664D0.3060906@errno.com> <139a3a1b0708180019n183eeda6j493b0ca8eec2c4b4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <139a3a1b0708180019n183eeda6j493b0ca8eec2c4b4@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros AR5006 abg minipci [really v0.9.30.3 support for 5418] 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: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:23:53 -0000 Jacob Hart wrote: > Sam, > > I'm using the 0.9.30.3 hal on a recently built -CURRENT, and my > wireless is detected as shown: > > ath0: mem 0x90100000-0x9010ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:f2:e9:64:19 > ath0: mac 12.10 phy 8.1 radio 12.0 This doesn't look like an AR5006 part > > In my quest for a quieter notebook I've been experimenting with > powerd. The wireless connection works reliably if > debug.cpufreq.lowest sysctl is set to restrict the CPU frequency to > 1.16GHz or greater (it is a 2GHz core2 duo using the est driver), but > anything under that it begins to show some instability. > > At 1GHz and 875MHz the wireless connection will intermittently freeze. > I can usually resurrect the connection by forcing wpa_supplicant to > reassociate with the AP (from wpa_cli) or, if not, by restarting the > ath0 interface via /etc/rc.d/netif restart. > > At 750MHz I experience the same problem as above, but occasionally the > if_ath module must be unloaded and re-loaded, then the ath0 interface > brought back up before the driver will be able to associate with an > AP. > > At 500MHz i must always unload and reload the if_ath module. Scanning > usually works, but association with an AP is not guaranteed at this > speed; i'd estimate it works about 25% of the time. At speeds below > 500Mhz, it is not possible to scan or associate with an AP. > > Is this a known known issue with the driver or is it specific to my > system? Further, is there anything I can do to help track down the > problem? I've had one previous report of something similar. The 5418 support in 0.9.30.3 has known (serious) issues; this is one of them. I'm not likely to look at any ath issues until Oct-Nov. Sam > > -j > > On 8/18/07, Sam Leffler wrote: >> William Grzybowski wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I got wireless minipci atheros ar5006 with -CURRENT. >>> Cant use it even with if_ndis and i didnt tried on stable/release yet. >>> dmesg: >>> >>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) >>> ath0: mem 0xd0000000-0xd000ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on >>> pci3 >>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 >>> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 >>> >>> I tried to search about it on the history without success, does it means >>> this card isn't supported yey? could i do anything providing info to help? >>> Should I forward this message to another list? >> You can try the test hal in http://www.freebsd.org/~sam. Beware it is >> not a release (has not undergone full testing and has known issues). If >> the 0.9.30.3 hal doesn't work then your part is probably a 2425. >> Support for that part has been blocked waiting on Atheros for >1 month. >> No idea when it might show up. >> >> 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" >> > >