Subject: kern/26709: ath(4) lacks sysctls & more
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@miyu.feyrer.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/19/2004 00:11:14
>Number: 26709
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ath(4) lacks sysctls & more
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: dyoung
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 18 22:36:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Hubert Feyrer
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_BETA
>Organization:
bla!
>Environment:
System: NetBSD miyu 2.0_BETA NetBSD 2.0_BETA (MIYU) #15: Tue Aug 17 02:17:44 MEST 2004 feyrer@miyu:/home/cvs/src-2.0/sys/arch/i386/compile/obj.i386/MIYU i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
the ath sysctls aren't documented. I'd expect them to be
listed and explained in the ath.4 manpage:
pc9649% sysctl -d hw.ath
hw.ath.dwell: Channel dwell time (ms) for AP/station scanning
hw.ath.calibrate: Chip calibration interval (secs)
hw.ath.outdoor: Enable/disable outdoor operation
hw.ath.countrycode: Country code
hw.ath.regdomain: Regulatory domain
hw.ath.debug: Enable/disable ath debugging output
Also, items lacking documentation on the driver:
* enabling tx-burst
* enabling hardware-compression
* setting tx-power
* connection between country-code and regdomain, and
where to take numbers for CC from (once it's setable...).
The Unicode UN Numeric-3 numbers seem to be useful there:
http://www.unicode.org/onlinedat/countries.html
>How-To-Repeat:
Plug an ath card into a machine, and try to get it going.
Wonder how to change things like countrycode.
>Fix:
At least mention the sysctls in the manpage.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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