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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:40:50 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Damien Bergamini <damien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ral if_ral.c src/sys/dev/usb if_ural.c
Message-ID:  <431356B2.9070006@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <200508211416.j7LEGKCH041069@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200508211416.j7LEGKCH041069@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Damien Bergamini wrote:
> damien      2005-08-21 14:16:20 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/dev/ral          if_ral.c 
>     sys/dev/usb          if_ural.c 
>   Log:
>   Fix basic rates set for 802.11a/g operating modes.  This can significantly
>   improve transfer rates in 802.11a/g.  Fix IFS settings in ral(4) too.
>   

With these changes I can now sometimes associate as a station with one 
of my production ap's in 11g.  Other times I see the previous behaviour 
that I reported 1+ months ago.  The AssocReq frame to the ap is 
rejected; it appears the ral sta side does not ACK the Auth response 
frame from the ap so it then rejects the AssocReq.  Specifically I see 
retransmits of the Auth response from the ap until the AssocReq comes 
from the sta at which time the ap sends a Deauth.  I also see ProbeResp 
frames from the ap being retransmitted which also indicates failure to 
ACK by the sta.  In the one case where I was able to associate I could 
transfer data ok so I'm guessing you've still got setup issues prior to 
association and/or the handling of management frames.  If you want a 
packet trace let me know.

Otherwise I see problems when ejecting a ral cardbus card.  It appears 
the driver doesn't recognize when a card has gone away when scanning; 
e.g. you'll see lots of msgs of the form:

ral0: could not write to RF

until there's a timeout (device timeout) followed by

ral0: could not read from BBP
ral0: could not write to BBP

At some point LONG time past I see ral0: detached; but sometimes not 
until I insert another card.

The above issues happen with both my ral cards (Asus WL-107g and Zonet 
ZEW1501).  All this is with CURRENT of today.

	Sam



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