Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 01:00:50 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFT: new ath hal Message-ID: <20061207000050.GA3667@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com> References: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:28:15AM -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 Seems to work fine on my laptop: ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd0210000-0xd021ffff at device 4.0 on pci2 ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface ath0: Ethernet address: 00:80:48:7e:16:96 ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 Anything special you want to have tested? I use this laptop daily so it will see 'runtime' anyway.. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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