From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 14:21:43 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A234A13C; Mon, 9 Jun 2014 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-x22e.google.com (mail-qa0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51E6C2989; Mon, 9 Jun 2014 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id i13so1385141qae.5 for ; Mon, 09 Jun 2014 07:21:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=GTELi4EhlSZ2zoN32SscZS94QqxGZNgTUhRNm/G+BZM=; b=rAn2dXR21pnaY4Eh+Vt97yscp2zg3pvVH9QXwnqZDEtyXjYuSkwu55UqkJ3P13K70e jP1gxf/fxryV2Cak08rZNcMgGGCvcSFCIsAT20Jkkvzs40I7W+zRx/SocPj6LBFstN45 zHu7fMUZrguQBIywtdKPqpkr/KRNxX3jkvNarGGbMAfJ5ZBci9XgmIUEi/K2W9E8bg0d WL4JSqEjq/FGXIaOAyP4cgIC2yZZMdjPsQBKZ2nubARyImXNkjpbD59+2BkO5yywW/5B UTHpBs4I/Wv4fts5n12PFetGvTmUVQ5Foao1MC/dPoZgY+DaAJbnG+t5RyTvixkL3X/B 4fuA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.91.5 with SMTP id y5mr31383972qgd.12.1402323702383; Mon, 09 Jun 2014 07:21:42 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.43.134 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jun 2014 07:21:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <394751.84774.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <394751.84774.bm@smtp112.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 10:21:42 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: OTO8P03-PS2lM0Xi0v8TtMsIQV8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Change for the worse in rsu wireless driver From: Adrian Chadd To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:21:43 -0000 Hi, Buy a mini-pcie atheros wifi card. -a On 9 June 2014 03:43, Thomas Mueller 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"