Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:19:37 +1000 From: "Jacob Hart" <jacob.hart+freebsd-current@gmail.com> To: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros AR5006 abg minipci Message-ID: <139a3a1b0708180019n183eeda6j493b0ca8eec2c4b4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46C664D0.3060906@errno.com> References: <632825b40708171855u155d0195udb6994999de12d15@mail.gmail.com> <46C664D0.3060906@errno.com>
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Sam, I'm using the 0.9.30.3 hal on a recently built -CURRENT, and my wireless is detected as shown: ath0: <Atheros 5418> mem 0x90100000-0x9010ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:f2:e9:64:19 ath0: mac 12.10 phy 8.1 radio 12.0 In my quest for a quieter notebook I've been experimenting with powerd. The wireless connection works reliably if debug.cpufreq.lowest sysctl is set to restrict the CPU frequency to 1.16GHz or greater (it is a 2GHz core2 duo using the est driver), but anything under that it begins to show some instability. At 1GHz and 875MHz the wireless connection will intermittently freeze. I can usually resurrect the connection by forcing wpa_supplicant to reassociate with the AP (from wpa_cli) or, if not, by restarting the ath0 interface via /etc/rc.d/netif restart. At 750MHz I experience the same problem as above, but occasionally the if_ath module must be unloaded and re-loaded, then the ath0 interface brought back up before the driver will be able to associate with an AP. At 500MHz i must always unload and reload the if_ath module. Scanning usually works, but association with an AP is not guaranteed at this speed; i'd estimate it works about 25% of the time. At speeds below 500Mhz, it is not possible to scan or associate with an AP. Is this a known known issue with the driver or is it specific to my system? Further, is there anything I can do to help track down the problem? -j On 8/18/07, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote: > William Grzybowski wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I got wireless minipci atheros ar5006 with -CURRENT. > > Cant use it even with if_ndis and i didnt tried on stable/release yet. > > dmesg: > > > > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > > ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xd0000000-0xd000ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on > > pci3 > > ath0: [ITHREAD] > > ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13 > > device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6 > > > > I tried to search about it on the history without success, does it means > > this card isn't supported yey? could i do anything providing info to help? > > Should I forward this message to another list? > > You can try the test hal in http://www.freebsd.org/~sam. Beware it is > not a release (has not undergone full testing and has known issues). If > the 0.9.30.3 hal doesn't work then your part is probably a 2425. > Support for that part has been blocked waiting on Atheros for >1 month. > No idea when it might show up. > > 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" >
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