AR9280 and noisy environments, please test

[Maciej Milewski]

Dnia środa 02 listopad 2011 20:17:06 Adrian Chadd pisze:
> What I'd like you guys to try:
> 
> * update if_ath_tx!
> * run the ar9280 in hostap or STA mode, it doesn't matter what, but
> enable NF and ANI debugging:
>   # sysctl dev.ath.X.hal.debug=0x28
> * let it run for a couple of minutes, so it gets a couple of NF
> calibrations (which occur every 30 seconds) and then report that to
> me.
That's log1

> 
> What you'll likely see is:
> 
> * ANI goes bezerk with OFDM/CCK errors, and tries bumping up some
> things (spur immunity, firstep);
> * the NF values calibrated are either crazy looking (higher than -80),
> or chain 0 / chain 1 values are wildly mismatching;
> 
> Then, try changing the longcal value from 30 to 1, and email me two or
> so minutes of logging output.
That's log2
> Finally, set the CCA threshold to something manual, and rerun tests
> for a couple minutes:
> 
> # sysctl dev.ath.X.config.cca=-85
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Adrian
And that's log3

My env shouldn't be too noisy but last patch helped a lot with stability.

Kind Regards,
Maciek