ath problems on 7.0 with ThinkPad X61s

[Dan Langille]

Dan Langille wrote:
> resending, this time to list instead of just Kevin. :)
> 
> Dan Langille wrote:
>> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:10:39 -0400
>>>> From: Dan Langille <dan at langille.org>
>>>> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
>>>>
>>>> Dan Langille wrote:
>>>>> Folks:
>>>>>
>>>>> The ThinkPad X61s has arrived. It has 7.0-RELEASE installed on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> ifconfig ath0 <== never returns to the command line:
>>>>>
>>>>> from dmesg:
>>>>>
>>>>> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, 
>>>>> RF5413)
>>>>>
>>>>> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xf7f00000-0xf7f0ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 
>>>>> on pci3
>>>>> ath0: [ITHREAD]
>>>>> ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
>>>>> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:1f:3a:08:xx:xx <== dunno why, but I 
>>>>> masked those
>>>>> ath0: mac 10.3 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 
>>>>> mtu 1500
>>>>>         ether 00:1f:3a:08:xx:xx
>>>>>         inet 0.0.0.16 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255
>>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
>>>>>         status: no carrier
>>>>>         ssid "" channel 165 (5825 Mhz 11a)
>>>>>         authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 scanvalid 32767 bgscan
>>>>>         bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 4.5 
>>>>> roam:rate11a 12 burst
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> # uname -a
>>>>> FreeBSD laptop.unixathome.org 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: 
>>>>> Sun Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008     
>>>>> root at driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

FWIW, simliar problem after "upgrading" to:

FreeBSD laptop.unixathome.org 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Sat Mar 22 15:41:15 EDT 2008     dan at laptop.example.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/X61S  amd64


>>>> Oh, and this:
>>>>
>>>> ath0 at pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x058a1014 
>>>> chip=0x1014168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>>>      vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>>      device     = 'AR5212 Atheros AR5212 802.11abg wireless'
>>>>      class      = network
>>>>      subclass   = ethernet
>>>
>>> Same card works fine for me and several others.
>>>
>>> Are you running GENERIC or is it your own?
>>
>> GENERIC.
>>
>>> Clearly the ifconfig in the startup script works fine, so the issue is
>>> why does the ifconfig you enter manually fail?
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>>> What state is the process in while it's hung? (top(1) or CTRL-T will
>>> provide this.) Can it be interrupted by a signal (CTRL-C), kill, or 
>>> 'kill
>>> -9'?
>>
>> sbwait.
>>
>> Yes, it can be control c'd, no problem here.  ifconfig is not frozen. It
>> just never comes back.
>>
>>> There was really not much information in your message with which to
>>> guess what might be happening. 
>>
>> If I knew what to say, I would.  :)
> 
> FYI
> 
> $ while true ; do ifconfig ath0 | grep ssid; sleep 2; done
>         ssid "" channel 8 (2447 Mhz 11g)
>         ssid "" channel 100 (5500 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 140 (5700 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 36 (5180 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g)
>         ssid "" channel 165 (5825 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 136 (5680 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 64 (5320 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g)
>         ssid "" channel 161 (5805 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 132 (5660 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 64 (5320 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 3 (2422 Mhz 11g)
>         ssid "" channel 161 (5805 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 132 (5660 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 60 (5300 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 2 (2417 Mhz 11g)
>         ssid "" channel 157 (5785 Mhz 11a)
>         ssid "" channel 128 (5640 Mhz 11a)
> ^C
> 


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