Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 21:57:00 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net>, "freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite works multi-user with -CURRENT. Message-ID: <6AD46D3A-3A12-4EE3-A069-8CA9463311EE@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokkzOdGwOOx8fPWpewtOTy3DXRdgnTp-A1%2B3R_KoaPDEQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACVs6=_UHMvo6DSyXzvXxJ0eCcSsC%2Bk3yZ42ia5TGzgHduT2zA@mail.gmail.com> <CACVs6=-0URQ2f7UqVxRdpuGpf103KOW9CTF6FFCGaGhvg3jOMw@mail.gmail.com> <20130520110659.1d1d2165@zeta.dino.sk> <D1F45DEB-3C3C-42D1-8EDE-94B18AB32152@bsdimp.com> <20130520164001.5f7d99b8@zeta.dino.sk> <C48F8AE6-316B-4C4A-AD2B-739C698B0AAC@bsdimp.com> <20130520172508.087daf7b@zeta.dino.sk> <CACVs6=8_y5Rqo9UHnQwbEancfZOqrqEAhcu=EXGGSGLjvayKVg@mail.gmail.com> <20130523070225.4d9a3a59@zeta.dino.sk> <519DA801.2090205@rewt.org.uk> <20130523075537.37e4bcba@zeta.dino.sk> <CACVs6=-hWxgmUS8fN4_68-di=iZiB-pOeNfh-RfjFRiaOASNTQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130523134206.69ea6994@zeta.dino.sk> <07C411D8-C5D3-4CD4-896B-844F6514C3DF@bsdimp.com> <CACVs6=8FhTND_WtFm%2BmdL2e=DoNXqMsCXg_X8XTNcD9Om6SB7Q@mail.gmail.com> <519E5CFD.7060008@rewt.org.uk> <CACVs6=9a=Bw8GBMdjGXM4OaD0eARdMF2cKYZHwThas_e4ku2Nw@mail.gmail.com> <519F9377.60904@rewt.org.uk> <CACVs6=9VGjgrg%2B3B7x_QQ8=VU0-Z5y_5_swD7GnZCk%2B_gapA1A@mail.gmail.com> <519FFECD.8060905@rewt.org.u k> <CACVs6=9H=cVodB=DW5hMaNY1j9GQZikZkFmuSMGFrGONAnWETA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmokkzOdGwOOx8fPWpewtOTy3DXRdgnTp-A1%2B3R_KoaPDEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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PHY? PHY not? :) Warner On May 24, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > Oh god, someone's asking me PHY questions. >=20 > Which chipset(s) ? What's written on the chip? >=20 >=20 >=20 > Adrian >=20 > On 24 May 2013 17:06, Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Adrian, >>=20 >> Do you know anything about the Atheros F1 PHYs? We're seeing = something >> weird with some hardware using them, not sure if Ubiquiti have any >> proprietary changes actually-required to support the PHYs properly, = or if >> there's maybe some deficiency in our PHY driver that you might know = about. >>=20 >> Thanks, >> Juli. >>=20 >> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> = wrote: >>>=20 >>> Juli Mallett wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> = wrote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> Looks like theres a couple of modifications and seemingly a bunch = of >>>>> missing >>>>> cavium specific bits which presumably is their licensed sdk rather = than >>>>> the >>>>> public one. >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> I don't believe so. The cavm-executive* file in the GPL tarball >>>> contains most Cavium-specific code. Then ubnt-platform* contains >>>> support for IPSec offload. And so on. (I decided to just download >>>> another copy and dig through it a little.) >>>>=20 >>>>> Can't see if they do anything different in the available files, = but >>>>> you'll >>>>> probably be able to spot it straight away :) >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> You had mentioned you saw something related to the Atheros PHYs, = but I >>>> don't see it =97 am I missing it? >>>>=20 >>> there is a kernel message on boot that alludes to a custom phy = driver, but >>> it isn't present in the gpl source. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>>>=20 >>>>> = http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon_info.= c >>>>> = http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/drivers/net/octeon/ethernet.c >>>>> http://91.208.177.20/~jwh/ubnt/kernel/net/core/dev.c >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> I think you're probably listing those files because they contain >>>> 'ubnt', but alas they just contain some stuff related to device >>>> naming. >>>>=20 >>> Like most vendors I suspect they distribute code minus the private = stuff >>>=20 >>>>> I'm pretty sure their stock firmware also boots up with something = along >>>>> the >>>>> lines of ath_ubnt_phy driver, will have to double check.. I think = I have >>>>> one >>>>> left with stock firmware >>>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> If you get any more information, that sounds like something that = would >>>> be useful. >>>>=20 >>> I'll have a gander but the same string in their binary-only firmware = isn't >>> present in the GPL code. >>>>=20 >>>> Thanks, >>>> Juli. >>>=20 >>> If you have any tips on what I can experiment with, I'm happy to do = that, >>> I have a few ERLs >>>=20 >>> Thanks, >>> Joe >>=20 >>=20
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