From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 9 05:00:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0C7D16A407 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 05:00:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6AE43C9D for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 04:59:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from [10.0.3.231] ([70.21.180.186]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0J9Z00LRDPW7NS71@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:00:08 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:00:06 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" In-reply-to: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com> To: Sam Leffler Message-id: <1165640406.814.1.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new ath hal 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: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:00:09 -0000 On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 11:28 -0800, Sam Leffler wrote: > I've placed a new hal out for testing. I'd like to commit it after more > folks work with it so feedback would be helpful. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20061205.tgz > > There are numerous small bugs fixed in this version but the main change > is a split of the descriptor state so that s/w state can be placed in > cached memory when h/w state is in uncached memory. This results in > noticeable performance gains on certain architectures. > > To use this hal you must patch the driver and rate control modules with > this: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath-20061205.patch > > Not sure if the patch will apply cleanly to RELENG_6. > > Sam > _______________________________________________ > 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" Works here (ThinkPad X60): ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) ath0: mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: Ethernet address: 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko