Re: kern/43157: ath driver doesn't support AR2425

[Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

A -current kernel build should support your adapter.

 - Arnaud

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM,  <bbartlomiej%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>>Number:         43157
>>Category:       kern
>>Synopsis:       ath driver doesn't support AR2425
>>Confidential:   no
>>Severity:       serious
>>Priority:       high
>>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>>State:          open
>>Class:          change-request
>>Submitter-Id:   net
>>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 13 14:15:00 +0000 2010
>>Originator:     Bartek Krawczyk
>>Release:        5.0.1-RELEASE
>>Organization:
>>Environment:
> NetBSD 5.0.1-RELEASE GENERIC kernel on i386.
>>Description:
> Hello. I have a Samsung NC10 netbook. According to 
> http://netbsd.org/ports/i386/netbook.html its wireless is supported thanks to 
> some Atheros patch, but I can't find it anywhere. Also 
> http://wiki.netbsd.se/Samsung_NC10 shows thath everything is OK with the 
> wireless card.
>
> But a fresh 5.0.1 install show something like this:
>
> ath0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0
> ath0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 16
> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
>
> On FreeBSD 8-RELEASE everything is OK, so is on Linux. Here are some 
> additional Linux info:
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg 
> Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
>        Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e00c
>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>        Memory at f0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
>        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
>        Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
>        Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=1 Masked-
>        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
>        Kernel driver in use: ath5k
>        Kernel modules: ath5k
>
> and:
> ath5k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> ath5k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> ath5k 0000:02:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
> ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x68
> ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
> ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
> ath: Regpair used: 0x68
> ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
>
>
>
>
>>How-To-Repeat:
> Install NetBSD 5.0.1 or 5.0.2 RELEASE on a Samsung NC10 netbook.
>>Fix:
> Maybe porting some parts of FreeBSD's 8 ath driver will help.
>
>