.. sorry, he isn't having issues with the AR5416 on FreeBSD but is under ath9k.
(Wow, is this the second time FreeBSD works where ath9k doesn't? I may have to throw a little private party :-) Would someone like to take up the challenge? I'll help you wade through the HAL if you'd like. Adrian On 9 August 2011 09:12, Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just forwarding what Robert said. FreeBSD doesn't have the same > interruptions as ath9k does on the AR5416. > > I don't have the time to go digging myself just now. > > On 3 August 2011 05:37, Robert Högberg <robert.hogb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> An update to previous mail.. >> >> I tried the i386 version of FreeBSD 9.0 beta (instead of amd64) and >> that one worked much, much better. No network interruptions every 30 >> seconds in FreeBSD 9.0 beta 1, but I only ran the test for a few >> minutes. Would you expect the noise floor calibrations to happen every >> 30 seconds in FreeBSD also or is the interval different there? >> >> I'll continue investigating. >> >> (You may want to look into why the ath driver doesn't work on amd64..) >> >> Robert >> >> 2011/8/2 Robert Högberg <robert.hogb...@gmail.com>: >>> I tried FreeBSD and the computer crashed when I tried to enable the WLAN. >>> >>> I'm no FreeBSD user so I'm not sure I got things right, but here's what I >>> did: >>> * Boot FreeBSD from USB stick (WLAN device was detected correctly and >>> ath0 created) >>> * ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 >>> * ifconfig wlan0 up (This caused the computer to freeze. No output, >>> and no input possible. I waited minutes but nothing happened.) >>> >>> I attach dmesg output after boot. >>> >>> /Robert >>> >>> 2011/8/2 Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org>: >>>> Ah, that it works well in Windows is a good sign. >>>> >>>> Would you mind doing me a favour? Could you spin up FreeBSD-9.0-BETA1 >>>> on a temporary disk (eg a USB thumb drive) and see if it exhibits the >>>> same behaviour? >>>> >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> On 2 August 2011 04:19, Robert Högberg <robert.hogb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> 2011/7/30 Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org>: >>>>>> Have you tried another ath9k NIC? Another AR5416 NIC? >>>>> >>>>> I've tried an AR9271 NIC (USB ID 0cf3:9271) and it works very well. I >>>>> only have one AR5416 NIC to test I'm afraid. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Is it possible this NIC is slightly weirdly damaged? >>>>> >>>>> Maybe, but the card works well with the Windows 7 drivers. But I guess >>>>> it's possible that the noise floor calibration functionality is >>>>> broken/problematic on this card and the Windows driver knows this and >>>>> avoids or adapts to the problem. After all, I don't see any problems >>>>> with the calibration disabled so maybe the Windows driver doesn't use >>>>> the calibration either. But I don't know.. >>>>> >>>>> TP-Link has released a v2 version of this TL-WN851N NIC (I'm using v1) >>>>> which suggests the first version may not have been perfect. Maybe v1 >>>>> was "weirdly damaged" and they fixed it in the second version. I don't >>>>> know what the differences are between the two versions, but I think >>>>> they used AR5416 in both versions. >>>>> >>>>> Robert >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
