Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 10:21:42 -0400 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Change for the worse in rsu wireless driver Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmomo=qTvTt-5MZzdXBdwtcn-Y4NXxsmc4i_%2BwN1tZ6tveQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <394751.84774.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <394751.84774.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, Buy a mini-pcie atheros wifi card. -a On 9 June 2014 03:43, Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> wrote: > from Adrian Chadd: > >> please bug freebsd-usb@ about flakey usb devices. > >> I have a couple that i need to chase up hans about. they used to be less flakey. > > Flaky USB devices in FreeBSD, also NetBSD, are not limited to wireless adapters. > > I get console messages about keyboard and mouse losing connection, when in many cases, mouse and keyboard are still working. > > Now I think FreeBSD is topping NetBSD for flaky USB connections. > > NetBSD has no support for Hiro H50191 wireless adapter, device rsu, but supports Atheros on-motherboard (quasi-)USB AR9271. > > Most of the time, NetBSD fails to load firmware for this Atheros AR9271, error 35, not allowing enough time, but sometimes the firmware loads. > > Sorry to be late in responding, losing connection slows me down. > > I've been updating FreeBSD-current and stable/10 from source, both amd64 and i386, whenever I see a change in rsu or re driver. > > On MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard, of open-source OSes, only Linux and NetBSD connect with Realtek 8111E/8168 Ethernet. > > DragonFly newest release, 3.8.0, and OpenBSD 5.4, have same bug as does FreeBSD with this Ethernet. > > I've also been busy installing NetBSD-current amd64 and i386, now on hard drive on other computer. > > Now I wish I had installed NetBSD-current amd64 and i386 on this computer with MSI Z77 MPOWER motherboard before FreeBSD to have something to fall back on when FreeBSD misbehaves with Hiro H50191. > > Remember, I needed to update NetBSD-current amd64 and packages, with subversion, using wired Ethernet, to checkout and update FreeBSD src, ports and doc trees; also had to buy a new wireless router when the Netgear router stopped working. > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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