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Date:      Sun, 8 May 2011 17:04:11 +0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        richo <richo@psych0tik.net>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ath issues on -CURRENT > Mar 31
Message-ID:  <BANLkTikcYyOyXLCi_yiLTvQ%2BF%2B7wCthW8A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110508082212.GA72727@solitaire.psych0tik.net>
References:  <20110508082212.GA72727@solitaire.psych0tik.net>

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Is it somehow loading in two copies of the driver?

Can you please build a kernel without if_ath and if_ath_pci, then load
those as modules?


Adrian

On 8 May 2011 16:22, richo <richo@psych0tik.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use an atheros based pccard nic on my laptop with 9-CURRENT.
>
> The last time I was able to build a working kernel was 20 march (the curr=
ent
> kernel I'm using is=3D20
> FreeBSD solitaire.psych0tik.net 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1 r21978=
6:=3D
> =A0Sun Mar 20 15:26:26 EST 2011 =A0 =A0 richo@solitaire.psych0tik.net:/us=
r/obj/us=3D
> r/src/sys/GENERIC =A0i386
>
> a few weeks later UPDATING included this message:
> 20110331:
> =A0 =A0 ath(4) has been split into bus- and device- modules. if_ath conta=
ins
> =A0 the HAL, the TX rate control and the network device code. if_ath_pci
> contains the PCI bus glue. For Atheros MIPS embedded systems, if_ath_a
> =A0 =A0 contains the AHB glue. Users need to load both if_ath_pci and if_=
ath
> =A0 in order to use ath on everything else.
>
> TO REPEAT: if_ath_ahb is not needed for normal users. Normal users onl
> =A0 =A0 need to load if_ath and if_ath_pci for ath(4) operation.
>
> I'm still using default config, but any kernels I build panic if I boot w=
ith
> the NIC plugged in. They boot fine with it unplugged, but if I plug in th=
e
> card
> it immediately panics.
>
> Booting with verbose logging on, I see this (I typed this out by hand aft=
er
> writing it down, so it's possible that it's slightly incorrect. I did dou=
ble
> check it, though):
>
> pcib2: allocated memory range (0xf6010000-0xf601ffff) for rid 10 of
> pci0:3:0:0
> unkown: Lazy allovation of 0x10000 bytes rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xf6010000
> cbb0 Opening memory:
> cbb0 Normal: (0xg6010000-0xf601ffff)
> cbb0: Opening memory:
> panic: duplcate map 10
>
> I have confirmed with pciconf -l that pci0:3:0:0 is my ath nic.
>
> I have the backtrace, but I only wrote down the function names. I can wri=
te
> down the whole lot if it will help though.
>
>
> --
> richo || Today's excuse:
> Increased sunspot activity.
>



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