ath driver (?) lock system after last update

[Sam Leffler]

Subscriber wrote:
> I updated my 8-CURRENT and now system freeze shortly after boot (~0.5-3
> minutes). I see following messages in console:
>
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series0 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series1 hwrate 0x0, tries 3 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series2 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series0 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series1 hwrate 0x0, tries 3 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series2 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series0 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series1 hwrate 0x0, tries 3 
> ts_status 0x0
> Jan 31 02:18:03 cache kernel: ath0: bad series2 hwrate 0x0, tries 4 
> ts_status 0x0
> ...
>
> much time, then system freeze. Before last update I was never see 
> those messages.
> Now I rolled back to HEAD sources with date=2009.01.01, and all seems OK.


> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xfd7f0000-0xfd7fffff irq 16 at device 
> 0.0 on pci2
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> ath0: mac 14.2 phy 7.0 radio 10.2

I need to see the output of sysctl dev.ath.0 and how your card is 
configured.

    Sam