Atheros WLAN driver success/failures

@ Neil

It did not hang the program or system.


A crash occurred

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl365



On rebooting the system am greeted with the following

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl366

Thank you for these explanations.

It looks like CachePostDMA() is causing the crash. Do any programmers have any comments or experience with this function on the SAM (Flex)?

I have the same wirelessmanager crash like Cara on my X1000 with an ABIT WPL-01 Airpace on X1000 (PCI-E 1x card)

here is a crashlog from memguard:

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl367

Here is DSI error wich I get with atheros5000.device version wich works on AmigaOneSE

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl368

With Debug version of Atheros5000.device

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl369

And finally DSI error wich I get with "nasty debug version" of Atheros5000.device

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl370

Michael Trebilcock fixed prism driver for a Sam, what was problem then and could he help again?

What I did with the prism(v1) device code is in the readme (on OS4Depot) for that archive. I removed some of the reset handler code. Neil made the suggestions and I did it. It won't have any relation to this. (Also see here)

Quote:

I can't help you with the problem, but from the exec autodoc:
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Maybe switching to the new functions will help.

Has anyone get any atheros card to work with Sam Flex? Should I hunt another, or just wait that driver get fixed?

Anyone who's experiencing crashes when starting the driver, please try this test program and paste what it prints out here (and if it crashes).

@utri007

I'm fairly sure the same problem would occur with any Atheros card for now.

on my X1000
this program prints:


Virtual address: 0x5F69FAE0
Virtual block size: 64
Physical address: 0x12CE7AE0
Physical block size: 64

after this, the program crash with an DSI and the reaper give this stack trace out:


Stack trace:
native kernel module kernel+0x000396f4
native kernel module kernel+0x00038ca0
native kernel module kernel+0x0002ad9c
module dmatest at 0x7FA332F0 (section 5 @ 0x2D8)
module dmatest at 0x7FA33178 (section 5 @ 0x160)
module dmatest at 0x7FA33BB4 (section 5 @ 0xB9C)
module dmatest at 0x7FA34034 (section 5 @ 0x101C)
native kernel module dos.library.kmod+0x00022d9c
native kernel module kernel+0x00043054
native kernel module kernel+0x000430d4

Could somebody with SAM flex run a test program? I'm visiting in Estonia and I will spend here a week.

Please test this new version that uses the new DMA functions.

@ Neil

No DSI error or crash with latest version.

However unable to go online.

Using a Sam Flex.

Checked the driver with a

D-Link DWL-G520

Netgear WG311T

Please note both these boards were bought on Ebay and are second hand, may be faulty.

Best Regards.

@Cara

Please post the output from running "C:WirelessManager atheros5000.device VERBOSE" manually.

@ Neil

Please check your e-mail (ucc)

Regards

@Cara

Thanks, I got it. Does it hang indefinitely at that point? If so, it could be an interrupt problem. Do you know what interrupt number is assigned to the device?

@ Neil

It does not hang.

Can you point me to where the interrupt number might be located.

Best Regards

@Cara

To be clear, by "hang" I meant that it didn't print more output after what's shown in the screen grab you sent me. Does it?

I don't know what program will show you the interrupt number. Maybe Ranger or UBoot, or maybe one of the OS4 experts here can advise

@ Neil

Need to correct myself, what does hang is the CLI window, it can't be closed, tried three times, was thinking of the computer in my first answer.

Did not print more than what I sent.

Sorry for putting you astray.

Regards

@neil

Using the atheros5000.device attached above, cures my DSI in C:Wirelessmanager but addnetinterface just times out.

PEG2 G3 600 - Netgear WPN311

See below


4.OS4.1:> RUN C:WirelessManager atheros5000.device VERBOSE

--Snip--

Output Sent Via PM

4.OS4.1:> c:AddNetInterface devs:NetInterfaces/ATHEROS5000

Interface "ATHEROS5000" added.
Trying interface "ATHEROS5000" configuration...
c:AddNetInterface: Interface "ATHEROS5000" configuration attempt timed out.

4.OS4.1:> type devs:NetInterfaces/ATHEROS5000

# DEVS:NetInterfaces/ATHEROS5000
# File generated by Dialer 53.2 (3.10.2009)
# On Wednesday, 03-Jul-13 at 18:28:11
device=atheros5000.device
unit=0
configure=dhcp
4.OS4.1:>