Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 19:17:19 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>, "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite works multi-user with -CURRENT. Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokkzOdGwOOx8fPWpewtOTy3DXRdgnTp-A1%2B3R_KoaPDEQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACVs6=9H=cVodB=DW5hMaNY1j9GQZikZkFmuSMGFrGONAnWETA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACVs6=_UHMvo6DSyXzvXxJ0eCcSsC%2Bk3yZ42ia5TGzgHduT2zA@mail.gmail.com> <CACVs6=-0URQ2f7UqVxRdpuGpf103KOW9CTF6FFCGaGhvg3jOMw@mail.gmail.com> <20130520110659.1d1d2165@zeta.dino.sk> <D1F45DEB-3C3C-42D1-8EDE-94B18AB32152@bsdimp.com> <20130520164001.5f7d99b8@zeta.dino.sk> <C48F8AE6-316B-4C4A-AD2B-739C698B0AAC@bsdimp.com> <20130520172508.087daf7b@zeta.dino.sk> <CACVs6=8_y5Rqo9UHnQwbEancfZOqrqEAhcu=EXGGSGLjvayKVg@mail.gmail.com> <20130523070225.4d9a3a59@zeta.dino.sk> <519DA801.2090205@rewt.org.uk> <20130523075537.37e4bcba@zeta.dino.sk> <CACVs6=-hWxgmUS8fN4_68-di=iZiB-pOeNfh-RfjFRiaOASNTQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130523134206.69ea6994@zeta.dino.sk> <07C411D8-C5D3-4CD4-896B-844F6514C3DF@bsdimp.com> <CACVs6=8FhTND_WtFm%2BmdL2e=DoNXqMsCXg_X8XTNcD9Om6SB7Q@mail.gmail.com> <519E5CFD.7060008@rewt.org.uk> <CACVs6=9a=Bw8GBMdjGXM4OaD0eARdMF2cKYZHwThas_e4ku2Nw@mail.gmail.com> <519F9377.60904@rewt.org.uk> <CACVs6=9VGjgrg%2B3B7x_QQ8=VU0-Z5y_5_swD7GnZCk%2B_gapA1A@mail.gmail.com> <519FFECD.8060905@rewt.org.uk> <CACVs6=9H=cVodB=DW5hMaNY1j9GQZikZkFmuSMGFrGONAnWETA@mail.gmail.com>
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Oh god, someone's asking me PHY questions. Which chipset(s) ? What's written on the chip? Adrian On 24 May 2013 17:06, Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> wrote: > Adrian, > > Do you know anything about the Atheros F1 PHYs? We're seeing something > weird with some hardware using them, not sure if Ubiquiti have any > proprietary changes actually-required to support the PHYs properly, or if > there's maybe some deficiency in our PHY driver that you might know about= . > > Thanks, > Juli. > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> wrote: >> >> Juli Mallett wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> Looks like theres a couple of modifications and seemingly a bunch of >>>> missing >>>> cavium specific bits which presumably is their licensed sdk rather tha= n >>>> the >>>> public one. >>> >>> >>> I don't believe so. The cavm-executive* file in the GPL tarball >>> contains most Cavium-specific code. Then ubnt-platform* contains >>> support for IPSec offload. And so on. (I decided to just download >>> another copy and dig through it a little.) >>> >>>> Can't see if they do anything different in the available files, but >>>> you'll >>>> probably be able to spot it straight away :) >>> >>> >>> You had mentioned you saw something related to the Atheros PHYs, but I >>> don't see it =97 am I missing it? >>> >> there is a kernel message on boot that alludes to a custom phy driver, b= ut >> it isn't present in the gpl source. >> >> >>>> >>>> http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_i= nfo.c >>>> http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/drivers/net/octeon/ethernet.c >>>> http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/net/core/dev.c >>> >>> >>> I think you're probably listing those files because they contain >>> 'ubnt', but alas they just contain some stuff related to device >>> naming. >>> >> Like most vendors I suspect they distribute code minus the private stuff >> >>>> I'm pretty sure their stock firmware also boots up with something alon= g >>>> the >>>> lines of ath_ubnt_phy driver, will have to double check.. I think I ha= ve >>>> one >>>> left with stock firmware >>> >>> >>> If you get any more information, that sounds like something that would >>> be useful. >>> >> I'll have a gander but the same string in their binary-only firmware isn= 't >> present in the GPL code. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Juli. >> >> If you have any tips on what I can experiment with, I'm happy to do that= , >> I have a few ERLs >> >> Thanks, >> Joe > >
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