problem with Atheros 9280

[Rui Paulo]

On 15 Feb 2010, at 21:40, ltsampros wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have an Acer Ferrari One netbook (really, don't laugh on the Ferrari
> badge), and it's wireless chipset is picked up by the atheros driver
> correctly:
> 
> Feb 15 00:05:14  kernel: ath0: <Atheros 9280> mem 0xf0000000-0xf000ffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci9
> Feb 15 00:05:14  kernel: ath0: [ITHREAD]
> Feb 15 00:05:14  kernel: ath0: AR9280 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> 
> The above tests were done on 9-CURRENT with last update on Sun Feb 14
> 20:10:41 and built on Sun Feb 14 23:10:04 EET 2010 with a default
> GENERIC kernel.
> 
> The configuration I have in rc.conf is the following:
> 
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
> 
> and in wpasuppicant.conf:
> 
> network={
>  ssid="philips"
>  psk="super-secret-key"
> }
> 
> Upon booting the machine the following entries are found and the wlan0
> interface has not associated with the ssid:
> 
> Feb 15 20:17:34  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:17:44  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:17:56  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:18:09  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:18:21  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:18:34  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:18:46  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:18:59  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:19:11  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:19:24  kernel: ath0: device timeout
> Feb 15 20:19:36  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:19:49  kernel: ath0: device timeout
> Feb 15 20:20:01  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:20:14  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:20:26  kernel: ath0: device timeout
> Feb 15 20:20:39  kernel: ath0: device timeout
> Feb 15 20:20:51  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:21:03  kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80)
> Feb 15 20:21:16  kernel: ath0: device timeout
> 
> Am I doing something wrong here? Upon request I can provide debugging
> interface taken with:
> 
> hw.ath.debug=0xffffffff
> hw.ath.hal.debug=0xffffffff
> 
> I hope I'm not doing something wrong. Thanks for the help.

I fixed these yesterday. Please update your SVN sources and try again.

--
Rui Paulo