Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 09:56:43 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ubiquiti SR71-E (ar9280) support? Or, maybe, other Mini-PCIe high-power WiFi card? Message-ID: <4DD2384B.7030102@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikHJk5LwSXLyqjuts96UhUXaJT=Kg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1813166089.20110516155219@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4DD118BB.1080109@unsane.co.uk> <BANLkTimXo2Eqsk%2BTkocg%2BeiAiWZx3eocdQ@mail.gmail.com> <4DD12DED.3070402@unsane.co.uk> <BANLkTikHJk5LwSXLyqjuts96UhUXaJT=Kg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 16/05/2011 15:18, Adrian Chadd wrote: > 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. > All good so far, [root@ostracod ~]# dmesg | egrep '(ath|wlan)' wlan: mac acl policy registered ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xfebf0000-0xfebfffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci4 ath0: [ITHREAD] ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 wlan1: Ethernet address: 00:24:23:07:fb:5d [root@ostracod ~]# ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:24:23:07:fb:5d media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> status: running [root@ostracod ~]# ifconfig wlan1 wlan1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:24:23:07:fb:5d inet 10.10.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.10.255 inet6 fe80::224:23ff:fe07:fb5d%wlan1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 inet6 2001:xxx:xxxx:3::1 prefixlen 64 nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap> status: running ssid vhoff channel 11 (2462 MHz 11g) bssid 00:24:23:07:fb:5d regdomain 96 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 20 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst dtimperiod 1 -dfs Any tests I can run in particular that would be useful? iperf give a pretty consistent 26.0 Mbits/sec between the server (dualcore atom 330 @1.6GHz) and my laptop (macbook pro core i7 @2.66Ghz) Vince > Adrian > > > On 16 May 2011 22:00, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote: >> On 16/05/2011 13:53, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> 2011/5/16 Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk>: >>> >>> >>>> Havent got that particular card, I have >>>> ath0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10671a3b chip=0x002a168c >>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >>>> device = 'Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter (0001)' >>>> class = network >>>> >>>> which says its >>>> (13:23:25 <~>) 0 $ grep 9280 /var/run/dmesg.boot >>>> ath0: <Atheros 9280> 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 enough to just grab the sys/dev/ath directory 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 >>
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