Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:00:06 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new ath hal Message-ID: <1165640406.814.1.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com> References: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com>
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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: <Atheros 5212> 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
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