Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:13:17 -0400 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath problems on 7.0 with ThinkPad X61s Message-ID: <47E416DD.2030405@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <47E3FB8D.10800@langille.org> References: <20080321175756.2B31C45019@ptavv.es.net> <47E3F80A.3060400@langille.org> <47E3FB8D.10800@langille.org>
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Dan Langille wrote: > resending, this time to list instead of just Kevin. :) > > Dan Langille wrote: >> Kevin Oberman wrote: >>>> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:10:39 -0400 >>>> From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> >>>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >>>> >>>> Dan Langille wrote: >>>>> Folks: >>>>> >>>>> The ThinkPad X61s has arrived. It has 7.0-RELEASE installed on it. >>>>> >>>>> ifconfig ath0 <== never returns to the command line: >>>>> >>>>> from dmesg: >>>>> >>>>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, >>>>> RF5413) >>>>> >>>>> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xf7f00000-0xf7f0ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 >>>>> on pci3 >>>>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>>>> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface >>>>> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:08:xx:xx <== dunno why, but I >>>>> masked those >>>>> ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 >>>>> mtu 1500 >>>>> ether 00:1f:3a:08:xx:xx >>>>> inet 0.0.0.16 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255 >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >>>>> status: no carrier >>>>> ssid "" channel 165 (5825 Mhz 11a) >>>>> authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 scanvalid 32767 bgscan >>>>> bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 4.5 >>>>> roam:rate11a 12 burst >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> # uname -a >>>>> FreeBSD laptop.unixathome.org 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: >>>>> Sun Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008 >>>>> root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 FWIW, simliar problem after "upgrading" to: FreeBSD laptop.unixathome.org 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Sat Mar 22 15:41:15 EDT 2008 dan@laptop.example.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X61S amd64 >>>> Oh, and this: >>>> >>>> ath0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x058a1014 >>>> chip=0x1014168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >>>> device = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless' >>>> class = network >>>> subclass = ethernet >>> >>> Same card works fine for me and several others. >>> >>> Are you running GENERIC or is it your own? >> >> GENERIC. >> >>> Clearly the ifconfig in the startup script works fine, so the issue is >>> why does the ifconfig you enter manually fail? >> >> Agreed. >> >>> What state is the process in while it's hung? (top(1) or CTRL-T will >>> provide this.) Can it be interrupted by a signal (CTRL-C), kill, or >>> 'kill >>> -9'? >> >> sbwait. >> >> Yes, it can be control c'd, no problem here. ifconfig is not frozen. It >> just never comes back. >> >>> There was really not much information in your message with which to >>> guess what might be happening. >> >> If I knew what to say, I would. :) > > FYI > > $ while true ; do ifconfig ath0 | grep ssid; sleep 2; done > ssid "" channel 8 (2447 Mhz 11g) > ssid "" channel 100 (5500 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 140 (5700 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 36 (5180 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g) > ssid "" channel 165 (5825 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 136 (5680 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 64 (5320 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g) > ssid "" channel 161 (5805 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 132 (5660 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 64 (5320 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g) > ssid "" channel 161 (5805 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 132 (5660 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 60 (5300 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 2 (2417 Mhz 11g) > ssid "" channel 157 (5785 Mhz 11a) > ssid "" channel 128 (5640 Mhz 11a) > ^C > -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/
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