Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 09:17:57 +0800 From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> To: Nils Beyer <nbe@renzel.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Success with Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Message-ID: <20140926011757.GA61226@ns.kevlo.org> In-Reply-To: <20140925094736.F2E71AE5@hub.freebsd.org> References: <3320661411119387@web21h.yandex.ru> <20140925094736.F2E71AE5@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:44:24AM +0200, Nils Beyer wrote: > > Hi Gulyaev, > > Gulyaev Ghosh wrote: > > Since I ask on the FreeBSD forums, there is a proposition to check > > alx-freebsd and have initialized interface. > > > > So if someone have similar hardware, you can got your experience with > > that project and share info. > > I've got an onboard "AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" adapter. With your proposed GIT- > repository and using its branch "master" I'm able to rudimentarily use the > NIC. But only if the network cable is short (< 2m). Using longer cables gives > me a "no carrier" status. When it is connected, speed is abysmal and functio- > nality ceases as soon as I perform an "iperf" benchmark until I reboot. > > But for small data transfers (SSH, RSYNC, RDP) it's okay. Mark has done a good > job so far: > =============================================================================== > #dmesg | grep alx > alx0: <Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet> port 0x2000-0x207f mem 0xd0400000-0xd043ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 > alx0: Ethernet address: 5c:f9:dd:55:c9:fb > > #ifconfig alx0 > alx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 5c:f9:dd:55:c9:fb > inet6 fe80::5ef9:ddff:fe55:c9fb%alx0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier > > #pciconf -evl | tail -13 > alx0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x05621028 chip=0x10911969 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device = 'AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > PCI-e errors = Correctable Error Detected > Non-Fatal Error Detected > Unsupported Request Detected > Non-fatal = Unsupported Request > Corrected = Bad TLP > Bad DLLP > REPLAY_NUM Rollover > Replay Timer Timeout > =============================================================================== AFAIK yongari@ is working on it. > Regards, > Nils Kevin
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