Re: ath device appears broken

On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:41:21PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote:
> Steve Kargl wrote:
> > I updated a 23 May 07 kernel and world to today sources,
> > and ath0 no longer works.  The first problem is that I
> > do not use modules and modules are not built.  When I
> > boot up, the console shows
> > 
> > ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_scan_sta module by hand for now.
> > 
> > Great, I don't have a wlan_scan_sta module.  So, I can't get ath0
> > to associate.
> 
> Read UPDATING?

I can't find anything relevent at the moment.  The 20070610 entry
states:
   Users must also, for the moment, kldload the wlan_scan_sta and/or
   wlan_scan_ap modules if they use modules for wireless support.

I don't use modules nor compile them.  Perhaps, a sentence is 
missing that should direct people that don't use module to update
their kernel config file?

> 
> > 
> > The second problem is ifconfig appears to have lost channel
> > setting capabilities.  I use this script to init my ath0 
> > connect
> > 
> > #! /bin/sh
> > ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.10
> > ifconfig ath0 ssid "MySSID" mode 11g wepmode on
> > #ifconfig ath0 ssid "MySIDD" mode 11g channel 11 wepmode on
> > ifconfig ath0 wepkey 0xa_long_hex_number_goes_here deftxkey 1
> > 
> > Note I have to comment out the line with "channel 11" in it.
> > Furthermore, I see
> > 
> > mobile:root[203] ifconfig ath0
> > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >         ether 00:13:46:c4:5a:c1
> >         inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g (OFDM/12Mbps)
> >         status: associated
> > ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 11
> > 
> 
> What does ifconfig ath0 list chan show?  What happens if you remove
> "mode 11g"?  How did you get this far if you don't have wlan_scan_sta?
> 

I booted the old kernel so I could report the problem.

-- 
Steve