From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 14:18:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F623106564A for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:18:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3388FC16 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so1898239gwb.13 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 07:18:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pri+O/v5nB6AMrFygCKIEVx79IohTefLDbyP2sin7b0=; b=H19Z0XGwghiCLDijcdTKqYyOKqzCSk2wIrVG0no9al8lOZVNLxUNAIkCRCWgbAhNzq t3JPrnf8ZZYuNHdZTz1O0HYPM1O6VjJOgnvl+O5Av9qQMst/+bqbMWJ+xnVeX7W24OVe N55uTShZCrBEOZcnpWuuU4NHAlBTPNsUBDBng= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=VdeLAogmqNlkA+KXn3rI8tMGtHyRQ0Be9e2zq1rOQ7BWCMUTvCI4ySTA3g85h8IMTV QanfkbdtOu8ofifive63daW72oISnCIfElCAdp3iKnW9WZ3sD+hFD6kVyBCNbOWfd49C MBbS9cLnIqtfTZ47iT7M2D0yQkPawrl2phLE8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.14.13 with SMTP id 13mr3556441ybn.438.1305555482942; Mon, 16 May 2011 07:18:02 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.91.12 with HTTP; Mon, 16 May 2011 07:18:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DD12DED.3070402@unsane.co.uk> References: <1813166089.20110516155219@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4DD118BB.1080109@unsane.co.uk> <4DD12DED.3070402@unsane.co.uk> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 22:18:02 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: aC8nL9yOO0DmYRQPPUyvJByeOgQ Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Vincent Hoffman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ubiquiti SR71-E (ar9280) support? Or, maybe, other Mini-PCIe high-power WiFi card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:18:04 -0000 Checkout from -HEAD: sys/dev/ath/ sys/modules/ath sys/modules/ath_pci Make sure your -8 source is in /usr/src. :) Go into sys/modules/ath and make ; same with sys/modules/ath_pci && make ; then just unload your current if_ath.ko, load if_ath.ko and if_ath_pci.ko. It should be good to go. Adrian On 16 May 2011 22:00, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 16/05/2011 13:53, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> 2011/5/16 Vincent Hoffman : >> >> >>> Havent got that particular card, I have >>> ath0@pci0:4:0:0: =A0 =A0class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x10671a3b chip=3D0x002= a168c >>> rev=3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 >>> =A0 =A0vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >>> =A0 =A0device =A0 =A0 =3D 'Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter (000= 1)' >>> =A0 =A0class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D network >>> >>> which says its >>> (13:23:25 <~>) 0 $ grep 9280 /var/run/dmesg.boot >>> ath0: mem 0xfebf0000-0xfebfffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on = pci4 >>> ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 >>> >> Would you mind trying the ath driver from -HEAD and see if it's >> better/worse/same? >> >> I'm worried about introducing regressions in the -HEAD ath code. In >> particular, AR9280/AR9285 was missing complete TX and board >> calibration code which may have caused some issues like TX distortion. >> I'd like to make sure those are fixed. >> > I'll give it a try when i can but I'm moving house in about 2 weeks so > life's a little busy just now :) > Is it =A0enough to just grab the sys/dev/ath =A0directory from -CURRENT, > drop it in and make the modules or would it be simpler for me to install > -CURRENT on an external HD for testing? > > Thanks, > Vince >> >> Adrian > >