From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 21 17:05:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF80916A420 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:05:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441DA43D79 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:05:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.0.0.248] (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k1LH5To7051434 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:05:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <43FB4905.2000506@errno.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:08:21 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin References: <200602210719.15683.joao@matik.com.br> <43FB3367.5060002@nurfuerspam.de> <200602211302.42179.joao@matik.com.br> <43FB3FB3.3010702@nurfuerspam.de> In-Reply-To: <43FB3FB3.3010702@nurfuerspam.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, JoaoBR Subject: Re: hostap with atheros unusable on releng_6? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:05:37 -0000 Martin wrote: > JoaoBR wrote: > >> no problem at all, I get full througput in any mode as long as the device is >> working, it is not a performance issue, it stops rx/tx > > I've got a different effect here. > The performance slowly decreases to zero with 11g. > >> hum, what dhcp should have to do if the radio works or not? > > Ok, was just a question to be sure. > >> not all wi devices are capable to do hostap > > If it is capable to transfer few bits in hostap mode, > it is also capable to run hostap. This was a card listed > in the manual pages ("Netgear MA311"). At that time > hostap did not function properly. > > After the great upgrades by Sam Leffler, hostap started to > work for me on ath(4). Only 11g (and only the hostap part!) > does not work here (Netgear WG311T <-> Netgear WG511T). I've got a ton of changes coming in from HEAD soon (don't recall what the mfc date is). These include a fix to deal with a race whereby tx descriptors could be "lost" under heavy load. This could explain the slowdown in operation but not the timeouts. If you can test with HEAD that would be good; otherwise you'll need to wait for the mfc's. Sam