More if_ath churn coming your way!

[Adrian Chadd]

On 21 January 2011 13:31, Dmitry Kolosov <onyx at z-up.ru> wrote:
>> I need to know the output in dmesg of the chipset MAC/PHY revisions.
>
> This is for dwl-547 pci card
> ath1: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xff9b0000-0xff9bffff irq 23 at device 2.0 on pci5
> ath1: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0

Good, that's the same revision as I have; except mine is mini-pci.

> and this is for mini-pcie card (inside laptop)
> ath0: <Atheros 9285> mem 0xd7100000-0xd710ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci6
> ath0: AR9285 mac 192.2 RF5133 phy 14.0

I don't have access to one of these, sorry.

>> If you have access to older chips (so
>> AR5212/AR5213 and earlier) and would like to help debug this then
>> please pipe up.
>
> I think i have one.
>
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xff9f0000-0xff9fffff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci5
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5
>
> I'm using it as an AP now, instead of new dwl-547 (wich is ath1 and not used),
> because using ath1 (Atheros 9280) as AP produces many many errors like that:
>
> ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
>
> in any mode and finally it's refuses to work at all. That's why i can't use my
> new dwl-547 :( and it just stays for better times.
>
> Also i think i have another one inside my old laptop HP Pavilion dv6940er. I
> will check it out and report back.

Thanks.

If someone can help me source an AR9285, I can add it to my list of
things to test once I get the AR9280 support working. But that's
predicated on getting the bugs worked out of the AR5212, AR5416 and
AR9160 support.

I'll post to -mobile once I've sorted out some of the kinks I'm seeing
in the AR9280.



Adrian