Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:37:23 -0500 From: eculp@cloudmaster.info To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 'ath' going to be updated for 7.1-RELEASE ? Message-ID: <20080828093723.17542tn7hiadvpk4@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> In-Reply-To: <20080827201216.71255zt6zd2n0uww@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> References: <87vdxr9d9y.fsf@chateau.d.lf> <48B42777.1050304@freebsd.org> <48B43D90.8090807@twilley.org> <48B44FCA.9070609@freebsd.org> <20080827201216.71255zt6zd2n0uww@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info>
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Quoting eculp@cloudmaster.info:
> Quoting Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>:
>
>> Jack Twilley wrote:
>>> Sam Leffler wrote:
>>>> Ashish Shukla =C3=A0=C2=A4=E2=80=A0=C3=A0=C2=A4=C2=B6=C3=A0=C2=A5=E2=82=
=AC=C3=A0=C2=A4=C2=B7 =C3=A0=C2=A4=C2=B6=C3=A0=C2=A5=C2=81=C3=A0=C2=A4=E2=80=
=A2=C3=A0=C2=A5=C2=8D=C3=A0=C2=A4=C2=B2 wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just came across the release schedule of 7.1-RELEASE. I'm wondering if
>>>>> new version of 'ath' driver (for Athereos Wireless chipsets) is going
>>>>> to be included or not ? If yes, I'll be glad to try the betas :).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Not sure what "new version" means. I'm unlikely to have any time to
>>>> look at existing ath problems in RELENG_7 before the release.
>>>
>>> I am hoping against hope it means "whatever it takes to make the Asus
>>> Eee PC work without having to follow the steps on the EeeBSD page". I
>>> rebuilt kernel and world today and forgot *again* to do the madwifi
>>> dance. It's getting old.
>>
>> The required hal is not even committed to HEAD yet; there's no way it's
>> going to get into RELENG_7 w/o significant testing. As to "getting old"
>> others are free to pitch in to make things happen. I have very little
>> time for freebsd right now and what time I do have is focused on higher
>> priority issues.
>
> Just saw the great news, Sam. Thanks for your work on this and for =20
> adding it to current. Checking my current@ email I found "HEADS UP: =20
> ath_hal updated to 0.10.5.10 -- PLEASE TEST" which I'm completely =20
> confident will solve the problems without any more patching. I just =20
> changed my build script for tonight to not add the old patch the =20
> source. I'll comment tomorrow after booting the new kernel.
>
> Thanks again, Sam.
>
Results:
Worked Perfectly for me in today's current without external patches.
wlan0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 150=
0
ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5
inet 172.16.0.7 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g
status: associated
ssid virus channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:1d:7e:51:e1:4d
regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1
wepkey 1:40-bit txpower 16 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl =
300
bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst
# uname -a
FreeBSD ed.local.net.mx 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #17: Thu Aug =20
28 05:50:27
CDT 2008 root@ed.local.net.mx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO i386
Thanks again to all who have made this happen.
ed
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