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Date:      Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:47:34 +0100
From:      Jiri Mikulas <konfer@mikulas.com>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ath changes: please test
Message-ID:  <43A0D946.1040303@mikulas.com>
In-Reply-To: <439E1030.1080304@errno.com>
References:  <439E1030.1080304@errno.com>

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Hello

THAKS! for your work :)
I tested simple client config without problems
I'll test it in hostap mode later.

FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Dec 14 16:19:52 CET 2005

ifconfig_ath0="10.27.130.1/29 ssid PL2BH media autoselect mode 11a up"

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::290:4bff:fe7e:4118%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
        inet 10.27.130.1 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 10.27.130.7
        ether 00:90:4b:7e:41:18
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a (OFDM/18Mbps)
        status: associated
        ssid PL2BH channel 120 (5600) bssid 00:80:48:3a:18:15
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF deftxkey UNDEF powersavemode OFF
        powersavesleep 100 txpowmax 35 txpower 63 rtsthreshold 2346 mcastrate 1
        fragthreshold 2346 -pureg protmode CTS -wme roaming AUTO bintval 100

ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xe7100000-0xe710ffff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xe7100000
ath0: [MPSAFE]
ath0: bpf attached
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:7e:41:18
ath0: bpf attached
ath0: bpf attached
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6
ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons


Jiri

Sam Leffler wrote:
> There's a new hal and patch for the ath driver available for test:
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20051212.tgz
> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath.patch
> 
> The patch is against current.  I just committed a bunch of net80211
> changes that are required so be sure your system is up to date before
> applying the ath patch.
> 
> The changes include:
> o updates for the sample rate control algorithm (from madwifi)
> o use a private taskq thread
> o improved sta mode beacon miss handling
> o mcast frames sent at fixed rate (settable with ifconfig)
> o adhoc mode beacon timer fixups
> o packet capture now includes tsf and calibrated signal data
> o dfs wait-for-clear-channel handling (for ap mode)
> 
> This code has been in test for a while and should be fine to use but I
> will not commit it until I get feedback.  Please send me mail directly.
> especially if you see regressions from the current code in cvs or from
> the 0.9.16.3 hal snapshot I've had out for several months.
> 
> All this stuff will eventually make it to RELENG_6 but not for a bit.
> 
>     Sam




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