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From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: RELENG_7 && ath && WPA && stuck when bgscan is active on
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Matthias Apitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running the above configuration, RELENG_7 kernel and WPA, on an Asus
> laptop eeePC 900 for which one must patch the HAL with:
> http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz )
> all is fine, mostly, but when 'bgscan' is activated on the interface
> ath0 it get stuck reproduce-able after some time without any traffic through
> the interface; setting 'ifconfig ath0 -bgscan' makes the problem going
> away;
>
> could it be related to the bug I'm facing on another laptop with
> bgscan/WPA/iwi0, see:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=122331
>   
The hal at http://www.freebsd.org/~sam + HEAD should work fine but note 
that it requires driver mods that are only in HEAD.

Sorry, but I cannot help w/ random collection of untested bits.

    Sam