From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 16:21:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55C1106566C for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54B608FC18 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:21:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de) Received: (qmail 22843 invoked by uid 0); 15 Mar 2008 16:21:27 -0000 Received: from 84.245.176.40 by www163.gmx.net with HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:21:27 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:21:27 +0100 From: "Markus Dolze" In-Reply-To: <20080315144844.M1152@swaggi.com> Message-ID: <20080315162127.279420@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080315133937.139370@gmx.net> <20080315144844.M1152@swaggi.com> To: "Yuri Lukin" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #931807 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6100 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX188pNV3Uk48XM1Is68JZncebz9wy/paHdgp+gLlGg RMhNluRhCp6+7W1r2p+BV9BOdJsgXF4A1JQg== Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-GMX-UID: tc7jchoebmwoU61FZjdLBgpPUzc4ctFQ Cc: Subject: Re: ath card with two antennas and rfkill question X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:21:29 -0000 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:54:17 -0500 > Von: "Yuri Lukin" > An: "Markus Dolze" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Betreff: Re: ath card with two antennas and rfkill question > On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:39:37 +0100, Markus Dolze wrote > > Hello, > > > > I recently got a Compex WLM54G mini-pci card for my Toshiba 6100. I > > connected the two internal antennas the laptop has and the card if > > working fine, except that the laptop's "wireless switch" does not > > work. I cannot turn the radio off (better this than the other way > > round). I remember having read that this switch is connected to one > > of the mini-pci pins and signals the card to turn off the radio. Why > > doesn't it work then? Or is it a software / driver issue? > > > > My system is: 'FreeBSD kirika.zzz.de 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE > > #2: Mon Jan 21 23:49:38 CET 2008 > > root@zzz.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KIRIKA i386' > > > > 'sysctl dev.ath.0' shows (amoung others): > > dev.ath.0.%desc: Atheros 5212 > > dev.ath.0.%driver: ath > > dev.ath.0.%location: slot=10 function=0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.PCIB.MPC0 > > dev.ath.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x168c device=0x001a subvendor=0x168c > > subdevice=0x2052 class=0x020000 dev.ath.0.%parent: pci2 > > dev.ath.0.countrycode: 0 dev.ath.0.txantenna: 0 dev.ath.0.rxantenna: > > 1 dev.ath.0.diversity: 1 > > > > I am wondering as well: What are the countrycode, tx/rxantenna and > > diversity settings for? I found no documentation about these. Or are > > these settings read-only? How are the antenna numbers counted? > > Should I have 'txantenna=1'? > > > > What does the 'countrycode' do and should I set any value (like 49 > > for Germany)? > > > > Typically the countrycode and regdomain is set in the EEPROM. I'm not sure > if > it's tunable with the 0.9.20.3 hal but you can set it in 0.9.30.7 to > enable > 900mhz cards: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-February/068996.html > > Also take a look at this page from madwifi: > http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/CountryCode > > > Yuri Thanks for pointing this out. I that that madwifi.org is a Linux specific driver so I have ignored that site up to now. Setting 'countrycode=276' (Germany) allows the usage of the additional channels 12, 13. I found the answer to my antenna question on madwifi.org, too. Basically if 'diversity=1' I should let the hardware / driver select the antennas to use. Regards Markus