Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Atheros AR5008X AR5416 issues Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909202123440.3448@lightning.wonkity.com>
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This Atheros mini-PCIe card is in a Toshiba Satellite A215-S6820.
Windows identifies it as an "Atheros AR5008X". It's a b/g/n card with
three antenna connections. FreeBSD really hates the ACPI on this
system, and insists on it being disabled. I don't think that's the
problem with the wireless card.
ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xf8200000-0xf820ffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci20
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1
It sort-of works with a Linkys WRT54G b/g access point, but has some
problems that keep it from working well.
Transfers are usually stalled, then will suddenly jump to 2MB/sec for a
little while, then stall again with the output of bb hang messages.
Access point LED shows long pauses.
kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), reseting
kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), reseting
kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x4), reseting
kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x4), reseting
The kernel includes GENERIC, so it has
options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
FreeBSD sat.wonkity.com 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Sep 20
22:42:33 MDT 2009 root@sat.wonkity.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAT i386
wpa_supplicant.conf has just the ssid and psk.
rc.conf: wlans_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:1b:9e:88:01:62
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
status: associated
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:1b:9e:88:01:62
inet 192.168.1.110 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g
status: associated
ssid xxxx channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:40:10:10:00:03
regdomain 105 indoor ecm authmode WPA2/802.11i privacy ON
deftxkey UNDEF AES-CCM 3:128-bit txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450
bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5
protmode CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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