please (re) test if_ath in -HEAD

Adrian Chadd adrian at freebsd.org
Wed Mar 9 08:58:52 UTC 2011


So you're saying -head is better, right?


Adrian

On 9 March 2011 15:35, Urankar Mikael <mikael.urankar at ujf-grenoble.fr>wrote:

> 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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