> Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> > * On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 19:06 +0000, Sam Leffler wrote:
> >
> >> Author: sam
> >> Date: Sun Nov 30 19:06:35 2008
> >> New Revision: 185482
> >> URL:
http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185482
> >>
> >> Log:
> >> Major overhaul:
> >> o eliminate private state indexed by 802.11 rate codes; use the hal's
> >> rate tables directly to get the same info
> >> o calculate a mask of operational rates to optimize lookups and checks
> >> (instead of using for loops and similar)
> >> o optimize size bin operations
> >> o ignore rates marked as "do not use" in the hal phy tables
> >> o fix bug that caused upshifting to break in 11g once the rate dropped
> >> below 11Mb/s
> >> o add more intelligent multi-rate tx schedules
> >> o add support for 1/2 and 1/4 width channels
> >> o add dev.ath.X.sample_stats sysctl to dump runtime statistics to the console
> >> (needs to go up to a user app)
> >> o export more tuning knobs via sysctls (still a couple of magic constants)
> >>
> >
> > Looks like, after that commit, I can't use if_ath loaded as module any
> > more:
> >
> > # kldload /boot/kernel/ath_rate.ko
> > kldload: can't load /boot/kernel/ath_rate.ko: No such file or directory
> > # dmesg | tail -n1
> > link_elf: symbol ath_hal_computetxtime undefined
> > #
> >
> > Yes, I've read UPDATING entry 20081130.
> > But I have no ath_hal entry in my kernel config,
> > I've loaded ath as KLDs.
> >
> > How to fix that problem ?
> >
> I have the same problem if I load it with kernel modules.
> If I compile it into my kernel (with ath, ath_hal and that option (can't
> remember it for now)) my system paniced during boot.
> I can't get a coredump, but I will try getting a stacktrace with ddb
> tonight.
>
> My Atheros (2413 iirc) wasn't usable before the import (did some
> printf's during boot, but I couldn't get ath0 showing up in ifconfig)
> I am willing to help debugging if needed.
>
> -- Jille
