From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 21 17:45:00 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 8AFB016A420 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:45:00 +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 28F6043D4C for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:45:00 +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 k1LHiwo7051674 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:44:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <43FB5246.2070608@errno.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:47:50 -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> <43FB4905.2000506@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <43FB4905.2000506@errno.com> 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 17:45:00 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > 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. Actually it might explain the timeouts though I think it's unlikely. Regardless try HEAD or wait. Sam