Atheros 9462 detected but nonfunctional

[Adrian Chadd]

ok, does 'ifconfig wlan0 list scan' show anything?

It's showing that the air is busy (TFCNT, RFCNT, RCCNT, CCCNT) so the
radio and PHY is on.

what's vmstat -ia | grep ath0 show?


-adrian

On 8 March 2016 at 14:40, Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net> wrote:
> Attached. Both pciconf and athregs
>
> The price of the laptop varies based on what options you pick. However, its
> supply chain is pretty backlogged at the moment, so expect delays if you
> order one.
>
> On March 8, 2016 8:45:05 AM EST, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> compile and use 'athregs'. For now, you need to manually use it on
>> wlan0 after it's created (it no longer works on ath0):
>>
>> athregs -i wlan0
>>
>> And report back what it says.
>>
>> I bet it's just rfkill and we need to configure it up properly. How
>> much is the laptop?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -adrian
>>
>>
>> On 8 March 2016 at 05:42, Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  There are, but I've tried flipping it on and off to no avail. Also, the
>>>  current setting is confirmed to be on in Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Just to make absolute certain I'm not screwing something up, what is the
>>>  best way to see what the card is doing at the low level?
>>>
>>>  On March 8, 2016 8:38:42 AM EST, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  i wonder if its an rfkill switch setting. Is there an rfkill switch or
>>>>  button?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On 8 March 2016 at 05:29, Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>   I am trying to diagnose an issue with an Atheros 9462 card.  The card
>>>>> is
>>>>>  being detected, and seemingly works (reports no errors with
>>>>> wpa_supplicant
>>>>>  and friends), however, the radios seem completely nonfunctional, as
>>>>> the card
>>>>>  doesn't actually transmit or receive anything (I checked by turning on
>>>>>  packet logging and running scans/wpa_supplicant).
>>>>>
>>>>>   There are errors reported in pciconf (it claims they are correctable
>>>>>  errors): receiver error, bad tlp, bad dllp.  The Bluetooth subsystem
>>>>> also
>>>>>  suffered
>>>>> timeouts (very likely related).
>>>>>
>>>>>   I have confirmed this is not a hardware problem by booting into Linux
>>>>>  with a live
>>>>>  memstick and running a scan.
>>>>>
>>>>>   I'm looking for advise on likely root causes and how to go about
>>>>>  diagnosing the problem (I've never diagnosed a problem on a
>>>>> *supported* card
>>>>>  in FreeBSD before, so I'm relatively unfamiliar with the process).
>>>>>
>>>>>   Best,
>>>>>   Eric
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