Re: Atheros AR5006 abg minipci [really v0.9.30.3 support for 5418]

Jacob Hart wrote:
> Sam,
> 
> I'm using the 0.9.30.3 hal on a recently built -CURRENT, and my
> wireless is detected as shown:
> 
> ath0: <Atheros 5418> mem 0x90100000-0x9010ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci2
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:17:f2:e9:64:19
> ath0: mac 12.10 phy 8.1 radio 12.0

This doesn't look like an AR5006 part

> 
> In my quest for a quieter notebook I've been experimenting with
> powerd.  The wireless connection works reliably if
> debug.cpufreq.lowest sysctl is set to restrict the CPU frequency to
> 1.16GHz or greater (it is a 2GHz core2 duo using the est driver), but
> anything under that it begins to show some instability.
> 
> At 1GHz and 875MHz the wireless connection will intermittently freeze.
>  I can usually resurrect the connection by forcing wpa_supplicant to
> reassociate with the AP (from wpa_cli) or, if not, by restarting the
> ath0 interface via /etc/rc.d/netif restart.
> 
> At 750MHz I experience the same problem as above, but occasionally the
> if_ath module must be unloaded and re-loaded, then the ath0 interface
> brought back up before the driver will be able to associate with an
> AP.
> 
> At 500MHz i must always unload and reload the if_ath module.  Scanning
> usually works, but association with an AP is not guaranteed at this
> speed; i'd estimate it works about 25% of the time.  At speeds below
> 500Mhz, it is not possible to scan or associate with an AP.
> 
> Is this a known known issue with the driver or is it specific to my
> system?  Further, is there anything I can do to help track down the
> problem?

I've had one previous report of something similar.  The 5418 support in
0.9.30.3 has known (serious) issues; this is one of them.  I'm not
likely to look at any ath issues until Oct-Nov.

	Sam

> 
> -j
> 
> On 8/18/07, Sam Leffler <sam_at_errno.com> wrote:
>> William Grzybowski wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I got wireless minipci atheros ar5006 with -CURRENT.
>>> Cant use it even with if_ndis and i didnt tried on stable/release yet.
>>> dmesg:
>>>
>>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
>>> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xd0000000-0xd000ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on
>>> pci3
>>> ath0: [ITHREAD]
>>> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
>>> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
>>>
>>> I tried to search about it on the history without success, does it means
>>> this card isn't supported yey? could i do anything providing info to help?
>>> Should I forward this message to another list?
>> You can try the test hal in http://www.freebsd.org/~sam.  Beware it is
>> not a release (has not undergone full testing and has known issues).  If
>> the 0.9.30.3 hal doesn't work then your part is probably a 2425.
>> Support for that part has been blocked waiting on Atheros for >1 month.
>>  No idea when it might show up.
>>
>>         Sam
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