From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 21 05:14:20 2009 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 C82351065672 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:14:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696F28FC18 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lightning.wonkity.com (lightning.wonkity.com [10.0.0.8]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8L5EJPc001725 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@lightning.wonkity.com) Received: from lightning.wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lightning.wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8L5EJet003963 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@lightning.wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by lightning.wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n8L5EJIP003954 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@lightning.wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [10.0.0.1]); Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:14:19 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Atheros AR5008X AR5416 issues 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: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:14:20 -0000 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: 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 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 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