ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 02:16:42PM +0100, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 10:45:06AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
> > The output of athstats at the point where things are wedged might be
> > useful.  Also verify if only tx is wedged (e.g. athstats 1 will show you
> > if you're receiving frames).
> 
> Thanks, I'll check that next time the problem occurs.

Output of athstats on the AP looks like this with ping(8) running on
both AP and STA while things are wedged:

   input   output altrate   short    long xretry crcerr crypt  phyerr rssi rate
       0        1       0       0       0      0      0     0      12   39  24M

The above output repeats itself with small variations in the phyerr
column.

> > The fact that the card cannot be reset seems to imply the mac is somehow
> > locked up.  I vaguely recall some h/w issues like this on older cards
> > (and you are using a rather old card) but nothing that wasn't handled by
> > doing a reset operation.  Best suggestion I can make is to use a
> > different model card.
> 
> I see. Can you recommend a replacement 802.11a/b/g card model which is
> supported by ath(4)?

I have been searching for a replacement for my current 5212-based
atheros miniPCI card and came across these two products:

  http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34&products_id=279
  http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34&products_id=393

Both are based on the Atheros AR5006xs 6th generation chipset (AR5414)
but only one of them supports Super AG.

Does anybody know if these cards will work the the ath(4)/ath_hal(4)
found in FreeBSD?

According to the ath_hal(4) man page, the only supported cards are
those based on the Atheros AR5210, AR5211 and AR5212 chipsets?

Sincerely,
Brix
-- 
Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik at brixandersen.dk>
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