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Date:      Sat, 13 May 2023 10:35:46 -0600
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        "wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@freebsd.org>, adrian@freebsd.org, John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net>
Subject:   Re: [Bug 255337] ath(4): Atheros AR9462 identified correctly but does not function
Message-ID:  <B6A1571A-731D-42F0-AC36-48A65892DA06@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <bug-255337-21060-KU3B3qSgDk@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
References:  <bug-255337-21060@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-255337-21060-KU3B3qSgDk@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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You gentlemen probably have better things to do in Ottawa but I was =
serious about bringing the laptop if anyone=E2=80=99s interested in =
poking at it. Let me know! :)

> On Apr 26, 2023, at 1:14 PM, bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org wrote:
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> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D255337
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> John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> changed:
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> --- Comment #4 from John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> ---
> I have this problem as well on a Dell laptop. Same behavior on 12.3, =
12.4,
> 13.1, 13.2, and today's 14-CURRENT. Everything looks okay on boot but =
"ifconfig
> wlan0 list scan" never returns anything and it's unable to join any =
networks. I
> also think the MAC address of wlan0 is odd (another commenter had the =
same):
> 00:02:03:04:05:06. I have never gotten the wireless to work under =
FreeBSD, even
> after the ifconfig up/down workaround suggested elsewhere. The laptop =
does have
> an switch to disable the wireless but it is in the enabled position. =
One other
> thing I've noticed is that when booting to Windows the Wifi LED above =
the
> keyboard lights up partway through the boot (when the driver attaches, =
perhaps)
> and stays illuminated, but it never lights up under FreeBSD.
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> I'd love for someone who knows anything about the wireless subsystem =
to take a
> look. As another commenter offered I could make the machine remotely =
reachable,
> or I'll be happy to drag it to BSDCan next month if anyone who will be =
there
> wants to poke at it.
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> #pciconf
> ath0@pci0:4:0:0:        class=3D0x028000 rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 =
vendor=3D0x168c
> device=3D0x0034 subvendor=3D0x1028 subdevice=3D0x020d
>    vendor     =3D 'Qualcomm Atheros'
>    device     =3D 'AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter'
>    class      =3D network
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> #dmesg
> ath0: <Atheros AR946x/AR948x> mem 0xf7000000-0xf707ffff at device 0.0 =
on pci4
> ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes
> ath0: [HT] enabling short-GI in 20MHz mode
> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled
> ath0: [HT] LDPC transmit/receive enabled
> ath0: [HT] 3 RX streams; 3 TX streams
> ath0: AR9460 mac 640.2 RF5110 phy 802.5
> ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0000
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> #rc.conf
> create_args_wlan0=3D"country US regdomain FCC"
> wlans_ath0=3D"wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0=3D"WPA SYNCDHCP"
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> #wpa_supplicant.conf
> ctrl_interface=3D/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> eapol_version=3D2
> ap_scan=3D1
> fast_reauth=3D1
> network=3D{
>  ssid=3D"SSID_redacted"
>  psk=3D"PSK_redacted"
> }
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> #ifconfig
> wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 =
mtu 1500
>        ether 00:02:03:04:05:06
>        groups: wlan
>        ssid "" channel 165 (5825 MHz 11a)
>        regdomain FCC country US ecm authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy =
MIXED
>        deftxkey UNDEF txpower 23 bmiss 7 mcastrate 6 mgmtrate 6 =
scanvalid 60
>        wme burst roaming MANUAL bintval 0
>        parent interface: ath0
>        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>        status: no carrier
>        nd6 options=3D29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
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