Re: AR9280/9281 support

Doug Russell wrote:
> 
> Hello....
> 
> I am trying to get an Atheros wireless (sticker says AR5B91, chip says
> AR9281) to work.  It is detected, but can't set ssid, scan, etc.  Source
> is RELENG-8 from yesterday afternoon.  This came in a cheesy ACER Aspire
> 5735Z.
> 
> FreeBSD beast.saturn-tech.com 8.0-RC1 FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 #1: Fri Sep 18
> 15:20:25 MDT 2009   drussell_at_beast.saturn-tech.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/
> compile/BEAST   i386
> 
> --- pciconf shows:
> 
> ath0_at_pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0xe006105b chip=0x002a168c
> rev=0x01
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>     device     = 'Atheros AR5B91 Wireless Network Adapter (0001)'
>     class      = network
> 
> --- dmesg shows:
> 
> pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
> pci3: domain=0, physical bus=3
> found-> vendor=0x168c, dev=0x002a, revid=0x01
>         domain=0, bus=3, slot=0, func=0
>         class=02-80-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0
>         cmdreg=0x0107, statreg=0x0010, cachelnsz=16 (dwords)
>         lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
>         intpin=a, irq=11
>         powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D3  current D0
>         MSI supports 1 message
>         MSI-X supports 1 message in map 0x10
>         map[10]: type Memory, range 64, base 0xf8600000, size 16, enabled
> pcib2: requested memory range 0xf8600000-0xf860ffff: good
> pcib2: matched entry for 3.0.INTA
> pcib2: slot 0 INTA hardwired to IRQ 17
> ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xf8600000-0xf860ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
> ath0: Reserved 0x10000 bytes for rid 0x10 type 3 at 0xf8600000
> ioapic0: routing intpin 17 (PCI IRQ 17) to lapic 0 vector 52
> ath0: [MPSAFE]
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> ath0: 11ng MCS: 15Mbps 30Mbps 45Mbps 60Mbps 90Mbps 120Mbps 135Mbps
> 150Mbps 30Mbps 60Mbps 90Mbps 120Mbps 180Mbps 240Mbps 270Mbps 300Mbps
> ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
> ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
> 
> --- ifconfig shows only the following:
> 
> ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>         ether 00:23:4e:3b:2d:9e
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
> 
> ... if I try an ifconfig up, it says up:
> 
> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
>         ether 00:23:4e:3b:2d:9e
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>         status: no carrier
> 
> ... but always shows no options, ssid, etc.
> 
> All attempts to set anything say:
> 
> ROOT beast:/home/drussell 3 > ifconfig ath0 ssid MyNet
> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
> 
> Does anyone have programming docs for the 9281 and know what might be
> different from the 9280?  It has the same pci id but perhaps different
> subdevice, etc.
> 
> Looks very close to working....  DOH!  :)
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Full dmesg, etc. available if needed.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Later......                        <Doug>
> 
> 

man ath