Re: FreeBSD Wifi support for 802.11n Atheros AR9271 chip
I apologize for the late reply. I sort of got this started a bit ago, but have otherwise been occupied since. However, this is something I am interested in pursuing. After a few discussions in #freebsd-wifi on EFnet and reading the athn code on NetBSD/OpenBSD, I have a few thoughts. The listed devices have four interfaces, Data Tx, Data Rx, Interrupt Rx and Interrupt Tx, and share the same read/write code, so the basics are similar enough. There are some shared interfaces between FreeBSD's ath and athn, so it might be worth creating a generic ath_usb driver that loads a HAL for device-specific interfaces. My approach was to start with ath_usb, then try to isolate from athn could be in separates HAL per device. I would be interested in restarting this in the future. Last I recall, my code was kernel panicking and I could not figure out why - then $LIFE got in the way. Is anyone else working on this? Questions: A. Is this the right approach? Please offer guidance B. For those more experienced in the hardware aspects, do the terms WMI CMD ring a bell? I am getting this from a function titled "athn_usb_wmi_xcmd", which is called by the read() function. Thanks On Mon, Feb 3, 2020, at 12:21 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD Developer, > > > I have been following your to-do list through the site: > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/AdrianChadd and > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/80211ac > > > And I envisioned that I specialize in Qualcomm Atheros, so I would like > > to expect to port the AR9271 802.11n 150Mpbs 2GHz 1x1: 1 Wireless USB 2.0 > > chipset from this > > list https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4 that already exists on openBSD for > > freeBSD? > > > Chipset Spectrum TxR:S Bus > > AR5008-2NG (AR5416+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus > > AR5008-3NG (AR5416+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus > > AR5008-2NX (AR5416+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus > > AR5008-3NX (AR5416+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus > > AR5008E-2NG (AR5418+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > > AR5008E-3NG (AR5418+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCIe > > AR5008E-2NX (AR5418+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > > AR5008E-3NX (AR5418+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCIe > > AR9001-2NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > > AR9001-3NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI > > AR9001-3NX2 (AR9160+AR9106) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI > > AR9220 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI > > AR9223 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > > AR9280 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > > AR9280+AR7010 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 > > AR9281 2GHz 1x2:2 PCIe > > AR9285 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe > > AR9271 2GHz 1x1:1 USB 2.0 > > AR2427 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe > > AR9227 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > > AR9287 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > > AR9287+AR7010 2GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 > > > I'm waiting for a return. > > Best regards. > > Cads > > Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. > > I have a wireless Atheros AR9271 chip , USB or acts like USB, on an MSI > MPOWER motherboard dating to May 2013. > > FreeBSD has no driver for this; I was able to use Hiro H50191 USB wireless > adapter, driver rsu, though it sometimes drops the connection especially when > I have it running for a long time. > > Currently on NetBSD, there is an athn driver, but booting hangs unless I > disable athn. > > Previously on NetBSD, most of the time it would fail to load the firmware, > but I have had some times where I was actually able to get an internet > connection with this wireless adapter. > > Last experience I have with OpenBSD is 5.4, from > liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.net, now far outdated. This OpenBSD had both rsu > and athn drivers, but neither one could load the firmware. > > You could try to port from either NetBSD or OpenBSD. > > On NetBSD I use re driver for Ethernet Realtek 811E/8168. > > Tom > > ___ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Farhan Khan PGP Fingerprint: 1312 89CE 663E 1EB2 179C 1C83 C41D 2281 F8DA C0DE ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FreeBSD Wifi support for 802.11n Atheros AR9271 chip
> Dear FreeBSD Developer, > I have been following your to-do list through the site: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/AdrianChadd and https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/80211ac > And I envisioned that I specialize in Qualcomm Atheros, so I would like > to expect to port the AR9271 802.11n 150Mpbs 2GHz 1x1: 1 Wireless USB 2.0 > chipset from this > list https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4 that already exists on openBSD for > freeBSD? > Chipset Spectrum TxR:S Bus > AR5008-2NG (AR5416+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus > AR5008-3NG (AR5416+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus > AR5008-2NX (AR5416+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus > AR5008-3NX (AR5416+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus > AR5008E-2NG (AR5418+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > AR5008E-3NG (AR5418+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCIe > AR5008E-2NX (AR5418+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > AR5008E-3NX (AR5418+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCIe > AR9001-2NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > AR9001-3NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI > AR9001-3NX2 (AR9160+AR9106) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI > AR9220 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI > AR9223 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > AR9280 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > AR9280+AR7010 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 > AR9281 2GHz 1x2:2 PCIe > AR9285 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe > AR9271 2GHz 1x1:1 USB 2.0 > AR2427 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe > AR9227 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI > AR9287 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe > AR9287+AR7010 2GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 > I'm waiting for a return. > Best regards. > Cads > Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. I have a wireless Atheros AR9271 chip , USB or acts like USB, on an MSI MPOWER motherboard dating to May 2013. FreeBSD has no driver for this; I was able to use Hiro H50191 USB wireless adapter, driver rsu, though it sometimes drops the connection especially when I have it running for a long time. Currently on NetBSD, there is an athn driver, but booting hangs unless I disable athn. Previously on NetBSD, most of the time it would fail to load the firmware, but I have had some times where I was actually able to get an internet connection with this wireless adapter. Last experience I have with OpenBSD is 5.4, from liveusb-openbsd.sourceforge.net, now far outdated. This OpenBSD had both rsu and athn drivers, but neither one could load the firmware. You could try to port from either NetBSD or OpenBSD. On NetBSD I use re driver for Ethernet Realtek 811E/8168. Tom ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD Wifi support for 802.11n Atheros AR9271 chip
Dear FreeBSD Developer, I have been following your to-do list through the site: https://wiki.freebsd.org/AdrianChadd and https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/80211ac And I envisioned that I specialize in Qualcomm Atheros, so I would like to expect to port the AR9271 802.11n 150Mpbs 2GHz 1x1: 1 Wireless USB 2.0 chipset from this list https://man.openbsd.org/athn.4 that already exists on openBSD for freeBSD? Chipset Spectrum TxR:S Bus AR5008-2NG (AR5416+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus AR5008-3NG (AR5416+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus AR5008-2NX (AR5416+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI/CardBus AR5008-3NX (AR5416+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI/CardBus AR5008E-2NG (AR5418+AR2122) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe AR5008E-3NG (AR5418+AR2133) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCIe AR5008E-2NX (AR5418+AR5122) 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe AR5008E-3NX (AR5418+AR5133) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCIe AR9001-2NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI AR9001-3NG (AR9160+AR9103) 2GHz 3x3:2 PCI AR9001-3NX2 (AR9160+AR9106) 2GHz/5GHz 3x3:2 PCI AR9220 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCI AR9223 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI AR9280 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 PCIe AR9280+AR7010 2GHz/5GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 AR9281 2GHz 1x2:2 PCIe AR9285 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe AR9271 2GHz 1x1:1 USB 2.0 AR2427 2GHz 1x1:1 PCIe AR9227 2GHz 2x2:2 PCI AR9287 2GHz 2x2:2 PCIe AR9287+AR7010 2GHz 2x2:2 USB 2.0 I'm waiting for a return. Best regards. Cads Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. ___ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
