From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 00:17:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7709616A41F for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:17:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arne@rfc2549.org) Received: from dagobah.rfc1149.org (dagobah.rfc1149.org [217.160.170.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A9E243D5A for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:17:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arne@rfc2549.org) Received: from dslb-084-061-128-100.pools.arcor-ip.net ([84.61.128.100] helo=kamino.rfc1149.org) by dagobah.rfc1149.org with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1EmgoM-00054m-Fy; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:17:34 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kamino.rfc1149.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714A04104; Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:17:35 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43A0B61F.2070007@rfc2549.org> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 01:17:35 +0100 From: Arne Schwabe User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051114) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <439E1030.1080304@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <439E1030.1080304@errno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RFC-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath changes: please test 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: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:17:39 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > There's a new hal and patch for the ath driver available for test: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20051212.tgz > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath.patch > > The patch is against current. I just committed a bunch of net80211 > changes that are required so be sure your system is up to date before > applying the ath patch. > > The changes include: > o updates for the sample rate control algorithm (from madwifi) > o use a private taskq thread > o improved sta mode beacon miss handling > o mcast frames sent at fixed rate (settable with ifconfig) > o adhoc mode beacon timer fixups > o packet capture now includes tsf and calibrated signal data > o dfs wait-for-clear-channel handling (for ap mode) > > This code has been in test for a while and should be fine to use but I > will not commit it until I get feedback. Please send me mail directly. > especially if you see regressions from the current code in cvs or from > the 0.9.16.3 hal snapshot I've had out for several months. > I tested the new hal and works here. I see no regression. ath0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::205:4eff:fe41:f327%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet 192.168.42.23 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.42.255 ether 00:05:4e:bl:ab:la media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps) status: associated ssid Wellensalat channel 6 bssid 00:14:bf:1c:34:97 authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpowmax 34 roaming MANUAL bintval 100 ath0: mem 0xc0210000-0xc021ffff irq 5 at device 2.0 on pci2 ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xc0210000 ath0: [MPSAFE] ath0: bpf attached ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:fo:ob:ar ath0: bpf attached ath0: bpf attached ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps ath0: mac 4.2 phy 3.0 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3