Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:17:49 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Marcin Jessa <freebsd@yazzy.org>, freebsd-small@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error with Atheros chipset. Message-ID: <1041397580.1059578269@melange.errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20030730225246.49694cd4.freebsd@yazzy.org> References: <mailman.0.1059594658.54344.freebsd-small@freebsd.org> <20030730225246.49694cd4.freebsd@yazzy.org>
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[Not sure about cross-posting but I'll leave it for now.] > I've recompiled -CURRENT with support for atheros cards. > I have two cards, one PCI(desktop) and one PCMCIA(laptop). Both are > Proxim 11a/b/g combo cards with AR5212 chips. The cards are recognized > fine. > pciconf -l -vv shows: > > ath0@pci2:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0a6014b7 chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > dmesg shows: > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x40000000-0x4000ffff irq 5 at device 4.0 on pci2 > ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > ath0: 802.11 address: 00:20:a6:4c:ef:62 > > I've tried every possible example combo from man ath(4), i.e: > > ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net mode 11a > mediaopt adhoc > > to create adhoc network. > > The problems start when I try to configure them with ifconfig. > > Every attempt result in following errors and lack of communication > between them: ar5212AniGetCurrentState: Out of space in ANI table for > channel 5785/0x140! ar5212AniGetCurrentState: Out of space in ANI table > for channel 5805/0x140! ar5212AniGetCurrentState: Out of space in ANI > table for channel 5825/0x140! ar5212AniGetCurrentState: Out of space in > ANI table for channel 5785/0x140! ar5212AniGetCurrentState: Out of space > in ANI table for channel 5805/0x140! > > etc etc. > > Any idea how to fix that and how to make the cards work? A simple ping > would make my day :) You're stuck for now. This is a bug in the HAL that I've got fixed but is taking forever to verify correctness. With luck I'll have new stuff committed this week (but that's what I thought last week...). Sorry, it was my bad :( Sam
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