From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 07:03:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03EB5873 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:03:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.bsdes.net (smtp.bsdes.net [62.210.113.116]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.bsdes.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD2621F1F for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:03:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adventure.bsdes.net (77-56-208-17.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.56.208.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by smtp.bsdes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DCA979CC37; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:03:35 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=bsdes.net; s=20150201; t=1429859016; bh=GQxvqnMDvWVBkXAqSKoF90CyrPKz7rUKyostb1vK2ww=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=K5/9+9y+pcihvzcK3fqIuAMOchuAJcIrXtE4je6z7UJMElgwwwcR26cx2uRs2xC// y0U8szli4yHwlSf20ah5dajWItwkUwvRSfibLxd3AvnJmqAspwzHQbFGhcIZlPaQUR 5TpgIPKJj0STla0IlJkU/qRnYbKkKcvabnzaIKHg= Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:03:44 +0200 From: Victor Balada Diaz To: Michael BlackHeart Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Need help with diagnostics Message-ID: <20150424070344.GC1953@adventure.bsdes.net> References: <20150424063231.GB1953@adventure.bsdes.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:03:38 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 09:43:09AM +0300, Michael BlackHeart wrote: > Thanks. > I do really have in kernel > > options ATH_DEBUG > options ATH_DIAGAPI > > and I've got D-Link WiFi card with Atheros chip > > ath0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x3a7e1186 chip=0x0030168c > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR9300 Wireless LAN adaptor' > class = network > bar [10] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xf7ee0000, size 131072, > enabled > cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D3 current D0 > cap 05[50] = MSI supports 4 messages, 64 bit, vector masks > cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1) > speed 2.5(2.5) ASPM disabled(L0s/L1) > ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected > ecap 0002[140] = VC 1 max VC0 > ecap 0003[300] = Serial 1 0000000000000000 > > If you say that's nothing bad than OK. I just get a little worried 'cos I > never expieirnced this debug output for at least 2 years of using this > card. Probably last kernel/system update to 1001510 r280164 stable bring > this up. > I'm not the driver author, but taking a quick look at the source code this seems to be working as intended. Is just debugging information and you don't need to worry about it unless you're actually debugging how the driver works. If I were you I would just disable ATH_DEBUG. If you're interested about the specifics, adrian@ might be a good person to contact as he's the author of that code.