I got my hands on an atheros based AWLC4030 card and tested it with
-current kernel on i386. It felt really good to pop this card in and see
ath(4) immediately recognize it. Thanks Reyk and everybody else who
contributed!
The card seem to be working pretty well in 802.11b based network (both
LEDs blink all the time, but this does not seem to matter). Unscientific
performance benchmark using ttcp showed that AWLC4030 is faster than two
wi based cards I had around. I supposed my house is a poor test lab
given 6 APs that I routinely see here.
Some observations. With a snapshot kernel I still see some diagnostics
when I eject the card:
ath0: rx FIFO overrun; resetting
ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again)
ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3494734280
ath0 detached
gpio does not attach:
gpio at ath0 not configured
3.7 kernel panicked in *_detach upon eject. I could not reproduce this
behavior with the snapshot kernel, so I did not pursue it any further.
ifconfig -m and dmesg follow.
ath0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
address: 00:0f:a3:xx:xx:xx
ieee80211: nwid my_ap chan 1 bssid 00:06:25:xx:xx:xx nwkey <not
displayed>
groups: all
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11 mode 11b)
status: active
supported media:
media autoselect
media autoselect mediaopt ibss
media autoselect mediaopt hostap
media autoselect mediaopt monitor
media autoselect mode 11b
media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt ibss
media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt hostap
media autoselect mode 11b mediaopt monitor
media DS1 mode 11b
media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt ibss
media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
media DS1 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
media DS2 mode 11b
media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt ibss
media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
media DS2 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
media DS5 mode 11b
media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt ibss
media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
media DS5 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
media DS11 mode 11b
media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt ibss
media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt hostap
media DS11 mode 11b mediaopt monitor
media autoselect mode 11g
media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media autoselect mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media DS1 mode 11g
media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media DS1 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media DS2 mode 11g
media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media DS2 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media DS5 mode 11g
media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media DS5 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media DS11 mode 11g
media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media DS11 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM6 mode 11g
media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM6 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM9 mode 11g
media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM9 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM12 mode 11g
media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM12 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM18 mode 11g
media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM18 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM24 mode 11g
media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM24 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM36 mode 11g
media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM36 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM48 mode 11g
media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM48 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media OFDM54 mode 11g
media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt ibss
media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt hostap
media OFDM54 mode 11g mediaopt monitor
media DS1
media DS1 mediaopt ibss
media DS1 mediaopt hostap
media DS1 mediaopt monitor
media DS2
media DS2 mediaopt ibss
media DS2 mediaopt hostap
media DS2 mediaopt monitor
media DS5
media DS5 mediaopt ibss
media DS5 mediaopt hostap
media DS5 mediaopt monitor
media DS11
media DS11 mediaopt ibss
media DS11 mediaopt hostap
media DS11 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM6
media OFDM6 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM6 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM6 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM9
media OFDM9 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM9 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM9 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM12
media OFDM12 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM12 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM12 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM18
media OFDM18 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM18 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM18 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM24
media OFDM24 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM24 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM24 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM36
media OFDM36 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM36 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM36 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM48
media OFDM48 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM48 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM48 mediaopt monitor
media OFDM54
media OFDM54 mediaopt ibss
media OFDM54 mediaopt hostap
media OFDM54 mediaopt monitor
inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::20f:a3xx:xxxx:xxxx%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x7
OpenBSD 3.7-current (GENERIC) #134: Sun May 22 01:41:01 MDT 2005
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel Pentium III ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 697 MHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE
real mem = 267952128 (261672K)
avail mem = 237707264 (232136K)
using 3296 buffers containing 13500416 bytes (13184K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(ff) BIOS, date 11/30/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xf0000
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 (BIOS managing devices)
apm0: battery life expectancy 66%
apm0: AC on, battery charge high, charging
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x1200
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xf4a30/304 (17 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 5 10 11
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #3 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000 0xd0000/0x1800
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82443BX AGP" rev 0x03
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Mobility 1" rev 0x64
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
cbb0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Texas Instruments PCI1450 CardBus" rev 0x03: irq
11
cbb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 1 "Texas Instruments PCI1450 CardBus" rev 0x03: irq
11
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA" rev 0x02
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "Intel 82371AB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0
wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <TOSHIBA MK1214GAP>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 11513MB, 23579136 sectors
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <Compaq, DVD-ROM DV28EB, D.3K> SCSI0 5/cdrom
removable
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "Intel 82371AB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
"Intel 82371AB Power Mgmt" rev 0x03 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 not configured
maestro0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "ESS Maestro 2E" rev 0x10: irq 11
ac97: codec id 0x83847609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23)
ac97: codec features 18 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, SigmaTel 3D
audio0 at maestro0
fxp0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Intel 82557" rev 0x09, i82559S: irq 11, address
00:d0:59:11:37:1a
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 4
"AT&T/Lucent LTMODEM" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 9 function 1 not configured
cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0
cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 2 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia0 at cardslot0
cardslot1 at cbb1 slot 1 flags 0
cardbus1 at cardslot1: bus 3 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0x20
pcmcia1 at cardslot1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom2 at isa0 port 0x3e8/8 irq 5: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
biomask ef4d netmask ef4d ttymask ffcf
pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
ath0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc.,
AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11
ath0: AR5212 5.9 phy 4.3 rf2112 4.6, FCC1A, address 00:0f:a3:xx:xx:xx
gpio at ath0 not configured
dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
ath0: rx FIFO overrun; resetting
ar5k_ar5212_nic_wakeup: failed to resume the AR5212 (again)
ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3494734280
ath0 detached
ath0 at cardbus1 dev 0 function 0 "Atheros Communications, Inc.,
AR5001-0000-0000, Wireless LAN Reference Card": irq 11
ath0: AR5212 5.9 phy 4.3 rf2112 4.6, FCC1A, address 00:0f:a3:xx:xx:xx
gpio at ath0 not configured
