kern/109227: ral(4) driver doesn't handle correctly RT2561C PCI chipsets - didn't work

[Matthieu Guegan]

>Number:         109227
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ral(4) driver doesn't handle correctly RT2561C PCI chipsets - didn't work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 16 12:30:05 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthieu Guegan
>Release:        6.2-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Fri Feb 16 13:03:52 CET 2007
BEASTIE-SMP i386
>Description:
In 6.2-STABLE (16/02/2007)

Tested with Dlink DWL-G510 rev C2 ( MAC/BPP RT2561C, RF RT2527 )
and with Ovislink Evo-W54PCI v.2 ( RT2561S ) PCI Cards 

After compiling and loading if_ral.ko module, the card appears correctly into /var/log/messages and ifconfig but doesn't work at all when trying to associate.

When trying to scan AP ( ifconfig ral0 scan ) BSSID, CHAN RATE S:N INT and CAPS infos seems correct but NOT the SSID ( always SSID : 0 )

When trying to associate, status is still at "no carrier"


In 7.0-CURRENT :

All seems to work ( both scanning and association ) but _sometimes_ the card disassociate itself, and it's impossible to reassociate until reboot.


On OpenBSD-4.1 :

All works _perfectly_


Output of dmesg :

ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527
ral0: Ethernet address: 00:19:5b:23:10:88
ral0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>How-To-Repeat:
Just insert a RT2561* chipset into a fresh 6.2-STABLE install and try to load if_ral (as module or into the kernel)
>Fix:

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