#120: countrycode problem since new HAL (0.9.16.3)
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Reporter: Stijn Tintel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: version
1.0.0 - first stable release
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Changes (by Stijn Tintel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):
* patch_attached: => 0
Comment:
Today I received a Netgear WG511T, which was kindly sent to me by p0g0.
After inserting it into my laptop's PCMCIA slot and compiling madwifi-ng,
I tried loading ath_pci with countrycode=56, and with this card it seems
to load without problems.
Output of sysctl -a|grep dev.ath with WG511T and countrycode=56:
{{{
dev.ath.calibrate = 30
dev.ath.xchanmode = 1
dev.ath.outdoor = 0
dev.ath.regdomain = 0
dev.ath.countrycode = 56
dev.ath.debug = 0
dev.ath.hal.swba_backoff = 0
dev.ath.hal.sw_beacon_response_time = 10
dev.ath.hal.dma_beacon_response_time = 2
}}}
The card I reported this problem for is a D-Link DWL-G520 (HW: A1, FW:
2.23, IIRC). The problem still exists with this card and HAL version
0.9.16.16. It seems indeed that this is card and/or vendor specific.
However, specifying countrycode=56 worked with this card and HAL version
before 0.9.16.3, so it would be nice if this issue could be solved in a
future HAL release.
Maybe this information is also useful?
DWL-G520:
{{{
wifi0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 radio 1.7
}}}
WG511T:
{{{
wifi0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/120>
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