Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:43:38 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Lucius Windschuh <lwindschuh@googlemail.com> Cc: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: uath(4) has been committed. Message-ID: <4A0F419A.2020700@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <90a5caac0905161502x3771072n22d58111a235de24@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090407022956.GA71377@weongyo.cdnetworks.kr> <90a5caac0905161502x3771072n22d58111a235de24@mail.gmail.com>
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Lucius Windschuh wrote: > 2009/4/7 Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> > >> Hello, >> >> FYI uath(4) driver has been committed into HEAD. To work with uath(4) >> it needs to load the firmware using uathload. The example would be as >> follows: >> >> # kldload if_uath >> [plugin Atheros USB stick] >> ugen0.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus0 >> # uathload -d /dev/ugen0.2 >> [after downloading the firmware it'll retry to attach] >> # ifconfig uath0 >> >> Normally uathload could be found at /usr/sbin or >> /usr/src/usr.sbin/uathload for sources and if you don't want to execute >> uathload by hand it'd be better to add a entry into devd.conf(5). > > Thanks for porting the driver. This is not a port of anyone else's driver. > I tried it with a TRENDnet TEW-504UB/EU on CURRENT as of today. > But there are a couple of problems with that device: > 1. Different product ID > My TEW-504UB/EU becomes 0x3207 after loading the firmware. OK, this one is > easy to fix: > Index: sys/dev/usb/usbdevs > =================================================================== > --- sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (revision 192196) > +++ sys/dev/usb/usbdevs (working copy) > @@ -2425,6 +2425,7 @@ > product UMEDIA ALL0298V2 0x3204 ALL0298 v2 > product UMEDIA AR5523_2 0x3205 AR5523 > product UMEDIA AR5523_2_NF 0x3206 AR5523 (no firmware) > +product UMEDIA AR5523_3 0x3207 AR5523 > > /* Universal Access products */ > product UNIACCESS PANACHE 0x0101 Panache Surf USB ISDN Adapter > Index: sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c > =================================================================== > --- sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c (revision 192196) > +++ sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_uath.c (working copy) > @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ > UATH_DEV(NETGEAR3, WPN111), > UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, TEW444UBEU), > UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, AR5523_2), > + UATH_DEV(UMEDIA, AR5523_3), > UATH_DEV(WISTRONNEWEB, AR5523_1), > UATH_DEV(WISTRONNEWEB, AR5523_2), > UATH_DEV(ZCOM, AR5523) > > I don't know why this device has another product ID with a loaded firmware, > but perhaps because it is an 802.11a capable device? The device works by changing identity once the firmware is downloaded. One id is for the stick w/o fw and one for the stick w/ fw loaded and running. > BTW: the vendor's firmware leads to the known ID (0x3205), but uath bails > out: > uath0: timeout waiting for reply to cmd 0x1 (1) > uath0: could not initialize adapter > device_attach: uath0 attach returned 35 > uath0: timeout waiting for reply to cmd 0x1 (1) > uath0: could not initialize adapter > device_attach: uath0 attach returned 35 > ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (disconnected) > ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 You must use the freebsd fw w/ the freebsd driver. > > So, now to the second problem: > The device works like a charm in 802.11b/g mode (ifconfig wlan0 chanlist > 1-13) with FreeBSD's firmware. > But 802.11a scanning does not work. Without the chanlist restrictiong, I get > the following messages: > (plug in the device) > ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 > (uathload) > ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 (disconnected) > ugen4.2: <Atheros Communications Inc> at usbus4 > (ifconfig wlan create wlandev uath0) > wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:14:d1:c0:23:5f > (ifconfig wlan0 up) > uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue > uath0: could not init Tx queues, error 55 > uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue > uath0: could not set channel, error 55 > [...] > uath0: could not set channel, error 55 > uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue > uath0: could not write register 0x08 > uath0: uath_cmdsend: empty inactive queue > uath0: could not set channel, error 55 > uath0: could not switch channel > I'd like to provide additional debugging information. If you need more, > please tell me what. Known problem. Weongoy didn't have a dual-band stick and I never had time to track down why 5Ghz channels failed. > BTW: Could you add a message declaring the device when it is plugged in? > Something like "uath0: <TRENDnet TEW-504UB wireless LAN adaptor> on usbus?" > and "uath0: ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"? I thought it did this but perhaps not; we can try to add it. Sam
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