Re: AR5006 - should it work?

[Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>]

"Nick Kossifidis" <mickflemm@gmail.com> writes:

> Are you sure 5413 didn't work ? (it has poor signal quality etc,
> perhaps you can try getting closer to the AP -just for testing-).

I don't currently have any AP, just few cards and two IXP425
boxes (and PCI-miniPCI converter).
People around here use APs and they easily show up on 5004X.
BTW the IXP425 (ARM) CPU is usually in big-endian mode.

> 02:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006X
> 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Atheros Communications, Inc. EnGenius EMP-8602
> (400mw) or Compex WLM54AG

Same cards here.

> (http://madwifi.org/browser/trunk/tools/ath_info.c) it'll give us more
> infos about your hardware ;-)

Well...
# modprobe ath5k
PCI: enabling device 0000:00:0d.0 (0140 -> 0142)

# setpci -s d command
0146
# setpci -s d cache_line_size
08

# ath_info -v 0x48000000
#DBG main: sleep_ctl reg 00000000   reset_ctl reg 00000000
(pressed ^C)

# ath_info -v 0x48000000
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e1a00fc0 :-)

(rebooting little-endian system)

#DBG main: sleep_ctl reg 00000000   reset_ctl reg 00000000
 -==Device Information==-
MAC Version:  2424 (0xa0) 
MAC Revision: 5413 (0xa4) 
5Ghz PHY Revision: SChip(0x63) 
2Ghz PHY Revision: SChip(0x63) 
 -==EEPROM Information==-
EEPROM Version:     5.2 
EEPROM Size:        16K
Regulatory Domain:  0x37 
 -==== Capabilities ====-
|  802.11a Support: yes  |
|  802.11b Support: yes  |
|  802.11g Support: yes  |
|  RFKill  Support: no   |
|  32KHz   Crystal: no   |
 ========================
GPIO registers: CR 00000000 DO 00000000 DI 00000012

> AR5004X series worked ok in all of my tests, i guess that if you try
> with the binary HAL (madwifi driver) you'll get the same results.

It works for me as well, 5006X doesn't.

Is it possible that a signal which shows as 20/127 on 5004X
is too weak for 5006X to be detected by scanning?


BTW: on the 5004X I'm connecting the antenna to AUX connector
(CM9 card - AUX in the middle), it doesn't work in MAIN (the corner).
Should I connect the antenna to AUX (the corner) or to MAIN (middle)
on 5006X?
Is the antenna selectable?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa