Re: svn commit: r185482 - head/sys/dev/ath/ath_rate/sample

Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
>       * On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 19:06 +0000, Sam Leffler wrote:
>   
>> Author: sam
>> Date: Sun Nov 30 19:06:35 2008
>> New Revision: 185482
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185482
>>
>> Log:
>>   Major overhaul:
>>   o eliminate private state indexed by 802.11 rate codes; use the hal's
>>     rate tables directly to get the same info
>>   o calculate a mask of operational rates to optimize lookups and checks
>>     (instead of using for loops and similar)
>>   o optimize size bin operations
>>   o ignore rates marked as "do not use" in the hal phy tables
>>   o fix bug that caused upshifting to break in 11g once the rate dropped
>>     below 11Mb/s
>>   o add more intelligent multi-rate tx schedules
>>   o add support for 1/2 and 1/4 width channels
>>   o add dev.ath.X.sample_stats sysctl to dump runtime statistics to the console
>>     (needs to go up to a user app)
>>   o export more tuning knobs via sysctls (still a couple of magic constants)
>>     
>
> Looks like, after that commit, I can't use if_ath loaded as module any
> more:
>
> # kldload /boot/kernel/ath_rate.ko
> kldload: can't load /boot/kernel/ath_rate.ko: No such file or directory
> # dmesg | tail -n1 
> link_elf: symbol ath_hal_computetxtime undefined
> #
>
> Yes, I've read UPDATING entry 20081130.
> But I have no ath_hal entry in my kernel config, 
> I've loaded ath as KLDs.
>
> How to fix that problem ?
>   
I have the same problem if I load it with kernel modules.
If I compile it into my kernel (with ath, ath_hal and that option (can't 
remember it for now)) my system paniced during boot.
I can't get a coredump, but I will try getting a stacktrace with ddb 
tonight.

My Atheros (2413 iirc) wasn't usable before the import (did some 
printf's during boot, but I couldn't get ath0 showing up in ifconfig)
I am willing to help debugging if needed.

-- Jille