From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 12:38:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5784E1065673; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:38:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from milu@dat.pl) Received: from jab.dat.pl (dat.pl [80.51.155.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30ED58FC17; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:38:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jab.dat.pl (jsrv.dat.pl [127.0.0.1]) by jab.dat.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21878AC; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:23:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at dat.pl Received: from jab.dat.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by jab.dat.pl (jab.dat.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ZMOYtoRUXrLL; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:23:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from snifi.localnet (unknown [212.69.68.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jab.dat.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C5F026; Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:23:10 +0100 (CET) From: Maciej Milewski To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:23:44 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-ARCH; KDE/4.5.4; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: X-KMail-Markup: true MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201012131323.45172.milu@dat.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Adrian Chadd , Russell Yount Subject: Re: atheros broadcast/multicast corruption with multiple hostap's X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:38:19 -0000 Hi Adrian, I've found the chipsets you were asking - those cards are pretty popular as far as I can see on many wireless forums. > > I have only 11agb radios though: > Which chipsets are they? > > NL-5354MP + Aries2 It looks that it's miniPCI Atheros 5213, Senao NL-5354MP Plus Aries2 [1] > > 5004 MP Atheros 4G / CM9 Atheros AR5004 4th generation chipset. AR5213 (MAC+BB) + AR5112 (2.4/5GHz radio) more info [2] > What I'd really like to do is write up a set of testing procedures for > doing things to the ath driver - in station, hostap and adhoc modes - > so I can test my local 11n+refactored HAL against it. If you've got a > working setup then I'd like to try and get that documented and > reproducable, complete with a set of tests for each to try and ensure > that as much stuff works as possible. That would be very nice to have it in one place to follow in case of any suspected problems. > I'd also like to make sure that the AR5416 HAL as shipped in FreeBSD > behaves the same way as the AR5210,AR5211,AR5212 HALs as well. I only > have an AR5213 card here; the rest of mine are 11n (AR5416, AR9160, > AR9280.) > I don't know if I'm going to be able to get all of this into > 9.0-RELEASE but I'd like to try. The atheros 11n chipsets are > everywhere now; I'd like to both support the legacy stuff and the new > stuff with all the features fully working. :-) Right now I haven't any > idea about what works and what doesn't. > > Thanks, > Adrian [1] http://www.seattlewireless.net/ClientAdapters/802.11g [2] http://store.netgate.com/5004-MP-ATHEROS-4G-CM9-80211abg-miniPCI-Card- P125.aspx Greetings, Maciej