Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 15:00:13 +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: <4DD12DED.3070402@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimXo2Eqsk%2BTkocg%2BeiAiWZx3eocdQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <1813166089.20110516155219@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4DD118BB.1080109@unsane.co.uk> <BANLkTimXo2Eqsk%2BTkocg%2BeiAiWZx3eocdQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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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