From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 19:02:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1ED60737 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:02:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com (mail-ie0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5E28A8C for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iedm5 with SMTP id m5so36082586ied.3 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:02:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=vYwIpr4DWluwFPIKCUZM4IGnoVery4KCxO4Sx6L8EvQ=; b=O8PJJSweu2my3LI1GMXRbz9p5JSwWkola+a7A8kJJ4/wEQIopdM1PXUJZhi9VmXUoJ B1XSRRxGghC1uG7buc5bde+bE0GemXu8bjwWWqiucspUNOWu0v05qG0OmQI8l26T4g6h BpaZAtyz7Z8VIz/MvzrRp7q5SDAI+4Ef+MXnjbgTlISqgdUpT0C9ICAHoaErE1z+9VRQ h1edcOaW0Ip4Ex4SAjZtSagRkHzudQuWC3kghVfpVexD3O/lkFrgvLW8EFoFcnXo9dlo ObzDbNCRgxhqzFxLdJriD7ZLSh4TYGsEnWVZvP218Y7Q28Mtd58MH6DPPoUR8YmjYSOc kBzA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.36.65 with SMTP id o1mr27698478igj.32.1426878159297; Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:02:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.17.194 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:02:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <550C505F.2030809@icloud.com> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:02:39 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: oe-BNzkhWtS_k4g-YjbuDe2enNA Message-ID: Subject: Re: Atheros AR9460 and Acer Aspire V17 Nitro on FreeBSD 11 not working From: Adrian Chadd To: Miguel Clara Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Anders Bolt-Evensen , freebsd-current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:02:40 -0000 compile in IEEE80211_DEBUG, then "wlandebug +scan", then do the scan. I wonder if you're hitting some scan bug where the sheer amount of traffic going on is causing problems. Also, seeing RX'ed frames at -130dB is .. oddly wrong for this NIC. Something odd is going on. -a On 20 March 2015 at 11:21, Miguel Clara wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> >> On 20 March 2015 at 09:52, Anders Bolt-Evensen >> wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > Recently I had to buy a new computer as my Mac broke down. >> > I ended up with an Acer Aspire V17 Nitro, which, except for a couple of >> > problems, is all good. >> > One of the problems is that wifi does not work. The wifi driver is an >> > Atheros AR9460. >> > The problem is that when I attempt to scan for my wireless network, >> > nothing >> > shows up at all. >> > On my previous computer, where I used an external Atheros card, >> > everything >> > worked well. >> > Could the following line from dmesg be a symptom of my problems? >> > "ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0000" >> > >> > I'm using FreeBSD 11-CURRENT with sources updated today. >> >> >> What else does it log? > > > I have this same card on a acer s3 (utltrabook) > > @adrian this is the one I reported the performance issues but now seems to > be working ok. > > For the record this is with --> r280273 > > commit d7efe7e99e68d52fa754f4e935814c492d818ece > Author: pfg > Date: Fri Mar 20 01:07:48 2015 +0000 > > Permit multiple arguments for the nonnull attribute. > > This is very useful for non-trivial functions and doesn't > affect existing uses. > > MFC after: 5 days > > Notes: > svn path=/head/; revision=280273 > > > I'm noticing something wron with "ifconfig scan" too, it listed fine as a > normal user, but that's not really re-scanning... > > % ifconfig wlan0 scan > SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > **** *:1c:68 1 54M -93:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > **** *:13:c0 6 54M -80:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WME > **** *:e2:0c 6 54M -83:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WME > **** *:f7:8c 6 54M -109:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > **** *:4a:12 11 54M -91:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > **** *:13:c4 48 54M -80:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WME > > Trying with sudo gets in a hanged state... > > [user@host:/usr/src ]% sudo ifconfig wlan0 scan > load: 0.17 cmd: ifconfig 11320 [sbwait] 35.72r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2132k > load: 0.17 cmd: ifconfig 11320 [sbwait] 36.20r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2132k > load: 0.19 cmd: ifconfig 11320 [sbwait] 187.79r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2132k > load: 0.19 cmd: ifconfig 11320 [sbwait] 187.94r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2132k > load: 0.19 cmd: ifconfig 11320 [sbwait] 188.08r 0.00u 0.00s 0% 2132k > > ^C > > but after the ^C as a normal user again and: > ifconfig wlan0 scan > SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > ***** *:1c:68 1 54M -94:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > ***** *:13:c0 6 54M -80:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WME > ***** *:e2:0c 6 54M -83:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WME > ***** *:f7:8c 6 54M -130:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > ***** *:4a:12 1 54M -91:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WPS WPA WME > ***** *:13:c4 48 54M -80:-96 100 EP RSN HTCAP WME > ***** ... *:99:01 6 54M -96:-96 100 E <------- This is new so it > re-scanned > > > I see nothing in dmesg > >> >> >> -adrian >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >