Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:17:59 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFT: new ath hal Message-ID: <45775DB7.1000605@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20061207000050.GA3667@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <457719CF.3040402@errno.com> <20061207000050.GA3667@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:28:15AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote.. >> I've placed a new hal out for testing. I'd like to commit it after more >> folks work with it so feedback would be helpful. >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20061205.tgz >> >> There are numerous small bugs fixed in this version but the main change >> is a split of the descriptor state so that s/w state can be placed in >> cached memory when h/w state is in uncached memory. This results in >> noticeable performance gains on certain architectures. >> >> To use this hal you must patch the driver and rate control modules with >> this: >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath-20061205.patch > > Seems to work fine on my laptop: > > ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) > ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xd0210000-0xd021ffff at device 4.0 on pci2 > ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > ath0: Ethernet address: 00:80:48:7e:16:96 > ath0: mac 7.8 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 > > Anything special you want to have tested? I use this laptop daily > so it will see 'runtime' anyway.. I mostly care about regressions. The code base has been stable for a while so it's unlikely you'll see any obvious differences. Sam
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