please (re) test if_ath in -HEAD

[Urankar Mikael]

Here are some dumb benchmarks through ftp :

with 8.2R RX rate is 2400kBps and TX rate is 810KBps
on a 9-CURRENT RX rate is 2700kBps and TX rate is 2700kBps

More info on my system :
ath0 at pci0:4:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x5b001385 chip=0x0013168c
rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
    device     = '802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (AR2312)'

ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x88000000-0x8800ffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on
cardbus0
ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5

FreeBSD iut-mir-o.ujf-grenoble.fr 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #39
r219368M: Mon Mar  7 12:15:50 CET 2011

$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/ah_osdep.c 219315 2011-03-05 21:20:18Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath.c 219185 2011-03-02 17:19:54Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_debug.c 218058 2011-01-29 05:08:21Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_keycache.c 219185 2011-03-02 17:19:54Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_pci.c 192147 2009-05-15 17:02:11Z imp $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_sysctl.c 219180 2011-03-02 16:03:19Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx.c 218932 2011-02-22 00:37:53Z adrian $
$FreeBSD: head/sys/dev/ath/if_ath_tx_ht.c 219214 2011-03-03 03:02:06Z adrian $


On Sun 06 March 2011 at 05:02:38AM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> What was the previous performance? And which chipsets?
> 
> 
> 
> Adrian
> 
> On 6 March 2011 00:30, Urankar Mikael <mikael.urankar at ujf-grenoble.fr>wrote:
> 
> > On Sat 05 March 2011 at 03:27:48AM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > > Absolutely! Let me know if I've broken anything!
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > >
> > > On 5 March 2011 00:45, Urankar Mikael <mikael.urankar at ujf-grenoble.fr
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu 03 March 2011 at 02:31:05PM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > For those of you who are testing out my if_ath changes, I'd really
> > > > > appreciate it if you'd update to -HEAD and re-test.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've done a variety of changes to the radio setup and found/fixed a
> > few
> > > > bugs
> > > > > in the TX path. It's quite possible these have introduced
> > regressions.
> > > > I'd
> > > > > like to make sure that I haven't broken legacy (11abg) support in
> > > > > weird/wonderful ways. I'd also like to make sure that I haven't
> > > > > broken/changed the behaviour or performance of the NICs in any way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please give things a good thrashing and let me know the results.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm still working towards debugging and enabling basic 11n support,
> > but I
> > > > > need to first make sure that I haven't broken legacy operation in any
> > > > way.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you interested by tests on an old atheros card (Atheros 5212,
> > AR2413
> > > > mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5) ?
> > > >
> >
> > Everything seems to work fine, performances are as good as before.
> > I'm only doing basic stuff with this card (mostly web surfing), I'm
> > connected to an AP with WPA encryption. If you want me to test other
> > encryption or setup an AP with this card or whatever, feel free to ask.
> >
> > And thanks for you work !
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