NetBSD Problem Report #26709

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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:11:14 +0200 (MEST)
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@miyu.feyrer.net>
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Subject: ath(4) lacks sysctls & more
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>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 +0000 2004
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Thu Jan 24 16:38:36 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Hubert Feyrer
>Release:        NetBSD 4.0, originally submitted for NetBSD 2.0_BETA
>Organization:
bla!
>Environment:


System: 
 * NetBSD 4.0/i386
 * 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:
>Unformatted:

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