Atheros AR9565
Anthony Jenkins
Scoobi_doo at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 10 13:06:21 UTC 2014
HP ENVY 6Z-1100 Sleekbook
Sorry, tried replying with a URL to HP's product website, but must've gotten blocked. Also my original (brief) email thread on my AR9565 was in July '13, not August.
Anthony
On 04/09/2014 05:18 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Which HP laptop?
>
>
> -a
>
>
> On 9 April 2014 13:35, Anthony Jenkins <scoobi_doo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hey, I've got one of these babies in my HP laptop; I actually posted some problems I was having to the list back in Aug. '13. I could loan you mine and/or assist with debugging if I can have it back (can make do with an external wireless device).
>>
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org>
>> To: tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: "freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 3:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: Re: Atheros AR9565
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The AR9565 is a relatively new chip that hasn't really been thoroughly
>> tested in FreeBSD. Laptop manufacturers have also gone and done some
>> rather silly things to save cost on the wireless NIC itself and I'm
>> not sure those patches / work arounds are in -HEAD.
>>
>> please file a PR with this problem complete with your pciconf -lv
>> output as above.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 9 April 2014 05:40, tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm using the GENERIC kernel. Want me to create a custom kernel?
>>>
>>> pciconf info:
>>>
>>> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x0c048086
>>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Haswell DRAM Controller'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = HOST-PCI
>>> pcib1 at pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0xfa471179 chip=0x0c018086
>>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x01
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Haswell PCI Express x16 Controller'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>>> vgapci1 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0xfa471179 chip=0x04168086
>>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Haswell Integrated Graphics Controller'
>>> class = display
>>> subclass = VGA
>>> hdac0 at pci0:0:3:0: class=0x040300 card=0xfa4d1179 chip=0x0c0c8086
>>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Haswell HD Audio Controller'
>>> class = multimedia
>>> subclass = HDA
>>> xhci0 at pci0:0:20:0: class=0x0c0330 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c318086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point USB xHCI Host Controller'
>>> class = serial bus
>>> subclass = USB
>>> none0 at pci0:0:22:0: class=0x078000 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c3a8086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point MEI Controller'
>>> class = simple comms
>>> ehci0 at pci0:0:26:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c2d8086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller'
>>> class = serial bus
>>> subclass = USB
>>> hdac1 at pci0:0:27:0: class=0x040300 card=0xfa4d1179 chip=0x8c208086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point High Definition Audio Controller'
>>> class = multimedia
>>> subclass = HDA
>>> pcib2 at pci0:0:28:0: class=0x060400 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c108086
>>> rev=0xd4 hdr=0x01
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>>> pcib3 at pci0:0:28:2: class=0x060400 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c148086
>>> rev=0xd4 hdr=0x01
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>>> pcib4 at pci0:0:28:3: class=0x060400 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c168086
>>> rev=0xd4 hdr=0x01
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>>> ehci1 at pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c268086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller'
>>> class = serial bus
>>> subclass = USB
>>> isab0 at pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c498086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point LPC Controller'
>>> class = bridge
>>> subclass = PCI-ISA
>>> none1 at pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c228086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point SMBus Controller'
>>> class = serial bus
>>> subclass = SMBus
>>> atapci0 at pci0:0:31:5: class=0x010185 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x8c098086
>>> rev=0x04 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'Lynx Point 2-port SATA Controller 2 [IDE mode]'
>>> class = mass storage
>>> subclass = ATA
>>> vgapci0 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030200 card=0xfa471179 chip=0x129210de
>>> rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>>> class = display
>>> subclass = 3D
>>> ath0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x061211ad chip=0x0036168c
>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>> device = 'AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter'
>>> class = network
>>> none2 at pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0xfa401179 chip=0x10a11969
>>> rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>> class = network
>>> subclass = ethernet
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/08/14 18:29, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> ok. Can you please do a pciconf -lv and attach it here?
>>>>
>>>> Oh. Erm, did you compile a kernel from source? is ATH_ENABLE_11N in your kernel?
>>>>
>>>> Do a 'sysctl dev.ath.0.txagg=1' and then paste the output in dmesg here.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 April 2014 13:38, tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> OK, killed wpa_supplicant and downed wlan0 and ath0. After ifconfig ath0
>>>>> up I received a ton of these:
>>>>>
>>>>> ath0: ath_edma_rxbuf_alloc: nothing on rxbuf?!
>>>>> ath0: ath_edma_rxfifo_alloc: Q1: alloc failed: i=0, nbufs=128?
>>>>>
>>>>> received those about 20 times then this:
>>>>>
>>>>> ath0: ath_edma_recv_proc_queue: Q1: NULL bf?
>>>>>
>>>>> And now the top 2 are slowly scrolling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/08/14 16:03, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>> Right. It sounds like it's not associated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Try wlandebug +assoc and then run wpa_supplicant
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 April 2014 12:21, tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Sorry for another email, the errors are sporadic. I'm trying to find the
>>>>>>> ioctl errors that I get on shutdown.
>>>>>>> These are after logging in:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping
>>>>>>> dhclient[1001]: send_packet: Invalid argument
>>>>>>> dhclient[1001]: send_packet: No buffer space available
>>>>>>> ath0: ath_edma_recv_tasklet: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; skipping
>>>>>>> dhclient[1001]: send_packet: No buffer space available
>>>>>>> dhclient[1001]: send_packet: Invalid argument
>>>>>>> dhclient[1001]: send_packet: Network is down
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 04/08/14 14:38, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ah. Can you post the buffer errors you're seeing?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -a
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 8 April 2014 11:37, tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 04/08/14 14:23, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> It should work fine on -10 and HEAD. Is it not working fine?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -a
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 8 April 2014 09:12, tzoi516 <tzoi516 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I have a Toshiba Satellite S55-A5169
>>>>>>>>>>> This specific one:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1024074-REG/toshiba_pskk6u_08c08t_s55_i7_4700mq_12gb_1tb_windows_8_1_15_6_silver.html)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It has the Atheros combo Wi-Fi/NIC, and the Wi-Fi uses the AR9565. For
>>>>>>>>>>> it to work I have to change the SATA Controller Mode in the BIOS from
>>>>>>>>>>> "AHCI" to "Compatibility". I don't know if this information helps, and
>>>>>>>>>>> it's the only AHCI setting I can tweak.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>>>> freebsd-wireless at freebsd.org mailing list
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>>>>>>>>> With SATA controller mode set to Compatibility then it works, but a
>>>>>>>>> little wonky at startup - sometimes I'll have to run wpa_supplicant -i
>>>>>>>>> wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. Infrequently a buffer error appears.
>>>>>>>>> With SATA controller mode set to AHCI then I can ifconfig wlan0 list
>>>>>>>>> scan and see available networks but I can't connect to any except for
>>>>>>>>> unprotected networks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm currently running FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE
>>>>>>>>> Mike
>>>
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