From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFDLM-0004tT-E1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:27:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB338E0700; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.154]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C150E0700 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so9141101ywm.46 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:27:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JTMS2k4narSgfPMTp4yO2gAhhkN9Oi3gzlvDIuCyWHM=; b=KZB1pc+cvqyaf683epprueUPFUfvg0GZQ28+gp+nigo8m4HriyAskZ5JGzcW/4zudG 4v1YayiK5B4rxm7w7+NY3Ce6S1xUfYJNbxGicWsVP89xltJWa46RSK7/tw9eNUORyYJN Ta7eTP3uR30/NVsZ3hG9x3KRPndn3a5o58MJg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E4nvOY+uU3NmVLN63JzbsbjN/8jCQP5Sn/2RIYM3UIiMIX5Ilr/ZNc+g7pKy27gyA4 WER1+4boDWEsEPz+7u4JnK8AZbCUWgUoMk77TlkVj56KXP3bTKM+NRE8TLd8tLp+Bgct iizC89AK2WHZMfjnq6hUQ5F/N5y5u/FikJ/PY= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.98.13 with SMTP id v13mr2906690agb.32.1244838438183; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:27:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A328076.6010504@smash-net.org> References: <000606ca6620ef53cdcd6e935ccf6c4b.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca> <49bf44f10906111638y3725fe35s146a4c2f25ea3db7@mail.gmail.com> <4A31A461.20700@smash-net.org> <49bf44f10906111904k46fd0fcbra0742098340f1f89@mail.gmail.com> <4A322F86.5000700@smash-net.org> <49bf44f10906120617u24a302baoee7faef7f33173fb@mail.gmail.com> <4A32733A.60306@smash-net.org> <49bf44f10906120838q43c1836bt262659abd20ba872@mail.gmail.com> <298321CC-C10C-47E2-953A-A3A80269A8F4@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <4A328076.6010504@smash-net.org> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:27:18 -0700 Message-ID: <49bf44f10906121327v3ef0d239uad0fbe298350a839@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros kernel driver and my wireless access point setup From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 73d72ad6-9518-43d2-a3a0-4ff2cf9c2025 X-Archives-Hash: 0f8334f806e0c415a1b278ed01264f43 >>> OK, thank you Norman. =A0The reason I'm trying to switch (this is my >>> third serious attempt) is some kind of a bug that crashes the system >>> when SMP is enabled and the madwifi driver is in master mode. =A0I've >>> been running without SMP, but I could really use the extra power. >> >> That's interesting. I had an old 4 x processor machine running as an >> access-point (madwifi or madwifi-ng) running in master mode for at least= a >> year or two. It was unstable as heck, and I never attributed it to this.= It >> would, however, stay up for days or weeks at a time. >> >> Maybe this bug has crept in more recently? I'm not sure that it will app= ly >> to my new system (on which I'd like to run an AP, as soon as I get round= to >> it) as that is a single processor P4. >> >>> Do you know if there is better Gentoo support for this on the horizon? >> >> I did find the dev uberlord immensely helpful when I was first doing thi= s. >> He was the baselayout guy at the time, although I don't know if he still= is >> or if you might be able to get hold of him. >> >> IMO the first thing to do is get the AP up & running without resort to t= he >> Gentoo init.d scripts. Try allocating an IP address to wlan0 just using >> `ifconfig` as root. If that works then you know the hardware & principle= s of >> operation are all ok. >> >> Stroller. >> >> > I would recomment the same thing. Play around manualy. Find out what work= s > and what does not. And if you found a manual way, you can start > scriptworkarounds and automating things. Thanks everyone. This system is critical so I think I'm better off sticking with madwifi and no SMP for now. I just upgraded to 2.6.29 so I thought things might be ready. Which software component should I be on the lookout for as far as Gentoo being ready to integrate smoothly with ath5k? baselayout? - Grant