From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 10:59:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3F110656A6 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:59:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpaulo@freebsd.org) Received: from karen.lavabit.com (karen.lavabit.com [72.249.41.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844DD8FC13 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:59:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e.earth.lavabit.com (e.earth.lavabit.com [192.168.111.14]) by karen.lavabit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD3E11B854; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:59:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 10.0.10.3 (54.81.54.77.rev.vodafone.pt [77.54.81.54]) by lavabit.com with ESMTP id XQGQKZC402WF; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:59:36 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:59:33 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0D4EA23D-605F-4F15-B07E-6019055EA6F5@FreeBSD.org> References: To: Ian FREISLICH X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AR9280 "bb hang" and other X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:59:37 -0000 On 17 Aug 2010, at 09:17, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > Hi >=20 > I recently managed to hack my HP/Compaq BIOS to bypass the RF > Whitelist and replace the (crappy) bwn interface with a (decent) > ath card. >=20 > There are a few things - >=20 > 1. The card has AR5B93 printed on the label, but its detected as: >=20 > ath0@pci0:1:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x663211ad = chip=3D0x002a168c rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > device =3D 'Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter (0001)' > class =3D network >=20 > ath0: mem 0xfeaf0000-0xfeafffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on = pci1 > ath0: [MPSAFE] > ath0: [ITHREAD] > ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 >=20 > Everything I've read suggests it's actually an Atheros 9281. 9281 is the 9280 MAC, so this is ok. > It's > possible that the label is wrong. I'm reluctant to desolder the > RF shield on the spare card I ordered to see what's actually printed > on the chip. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > 2. I'm getting these messages fairly often. Transmission stops > briefly around these times: >=20 > Aug 17 08:58:47 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80) > Aug 17 09:01:59 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80) > Aug 17 09:05:47 mini kernel: ath0: hardware error; resetting > Aug 17 09:05:47 mini kernel: ath0: 0x00000000 0x00002000 0x00000000, = 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 > Aug 17 09:29:08 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting > Aug 17 09:37:57 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting > Aug 17 09:49:10 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting > Aug 17 10:06:17 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting >=20 BB hangs are a problem with the 9280 but I don't know how to fix. Hardware errors shouldn't happen, but this might mean you have very = aggressive power reduction settings (ACPI C3, etc.) that are interfering = with the atheros card. This has happened to me in the past. -- Rui Paulo