Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:01:51 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More if_ath churn coming your way! Message-ID: <AANLkTi=z3QwCdHuRp_TrGkYq9M==waLFod2=vkzuASLK@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1PgsvU-0001Jd-39@clue.co.za> References: <AANLkTikBpHcimOvSGdppc9CdhWguZNbTUEwan%2BQ172QT@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikWQ4G6P-ePSDv6eXpUfnZ7vvDTSqSGr5sB4Pxe@mail.gmail.com> <E1PgiCZ-0000hL-Dy@clue.co.za> <AANLkTimz_YpW3AYgK5bWSU117Wsi%2BZph8VwH16_rcrvt@mail.gmail.com> <E1PgsvU-0001Jd-39@clue.co.za>
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Make sure you're absolutely, positively not doing power saving stuff. I'm quite certain the ar5416+ HAL is just not doing the right thing re: power saving mode. Adrian On 23 January 2011 13:55, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote: > Adrian Chadd wrote: >> I haven't changed anything on the AR9285 codebase that would account >> for the above. > > That maybe. =A0The visible difference in behaviour is that when there's > no traffic, the reported rate drops to 1Mbps. =A0As soon as there's > traffic it jumps to 54Mbps. > >> Something to keep in mind with the AR9280/AR9285 support is that I've >> seen it be -very- unpredictable - sometimes it's reliable off the bat, >> sometimes it's not. You have to repeat it a few times to verify that >> you've actually seen a change. > > So far, I've had instances where it's stopped transmitting or > recieving. =A0It claims to remain associated, but restarting the wlan > interface fails to reestablish the association and a list scan is > empty. =A0It only seems to happen when the laptop is running on battery. > > Ian > > -- > Ian Freislich >
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