CFT: ath hal src switchover

[George Neville-Neil]

On Jan 8, 2009, at 15:12 , Sam Leffler wrote:

> I've brought the hal source code back to RELENG_7 but not connected  
> it to the build and/or driver.  I want folks to test this before I  
> commit those changes.  To do this you must have an up to date  
> RELENG_7 code base and then apply this patch:
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-releng7.patch
>
> Then rebuild your kernel.  There should be no changes to user apps.   
> Beware however that custom kernel configurations will need to  
> change; instead of:
>
> device ath
> device ath_hal
> device ath_rate_sample
>
> (or similar) you need:
>
> device ath
> device ath_hal
> options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416
> device ath_rate_sample
>
> If you want to configure a subset of the chip support implied by  
> ath_hal then you may not need the options line.
>
> If you are using modules note that ath_hal and ath_rate_* modules no  
> longer exist; they are now rolled into the ath module.  If you use a  
> rate control algorithm other than sample then you'll need to modify  
> the ath module build or override by specifying ATH_RATE; e.g.
>
> cd sys/modules/ath
> make ATH_RATE=onoe
>
> The updated hal code adds support for several parts but otherwise  
> makes no effort to address driver bugs.  You should see no  
> regressions relative to operation w/ the older hal.
>
> If you are running the 7.1 release you will need to import the hal  
> code that is now in
>
> sys/dev/ath/ath_hal
>
> before following the above instructions.  I have no idea if this  
> will work for an earlier version of FreeBSD; if you're not running  
> at least 7.1 my advise is to upgrade.
>
> Please report any issues to this mailing list.

With this code in my kernel I get:

ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 0
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 23, arg 0x0] : Invalid argument
Failed to initiate AP scan.
ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 14
ioctl[SIOCS80211, op 23, arg 0x0] : Invalid argument
Failed to initiate AP scan.

when I try to use wpa_supplicant with the code.  My home network uses  
WPA.

Best,
George


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