From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 21:37:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F702106567D for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:37:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D498FC0A for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:37:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m9JLaxPY066820 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:37:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <48FBA87B.3030404@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:36:59 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Edwin L. Culp W." References: <7affaed60810091639n2714fae1mbd34048bc8be89c3@mail.gmail.com> <7affaed60810100658k354550abs2754a2c1ea1b0958@mail.gmail.com> <7affaed60810120614l79670870t7e4914615094056f@mail.gmail.com> <200810122351.13564.jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za> <48F2915B.6090507@freebsd.org> <7affaed60810122012n526929e1j9d38b977a029251e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7affaed60810122012n526929e1j9d38b977a029251e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-sonic.net-Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I lost ath0 support on current sometime between Sept 20 and Sept 26. X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:37:01 -0000 Edwin L. Culp W. wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Johann Hugo wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 12 October 2008, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. >>>> >>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Sam Leffler wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Edwin L. Culp W. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I started this thread on current but I lost it to Ashish Shukla so I'm >>>>>>> going to try here and see if I can explain it better and solve this >>>>>>> strange issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was happily using Sam's ath_hal-20080528 patch and IIRC the >>>>>>> committed ath_hal fixes until Sept 20. I didn't build another new >>>>>>> kernel until Sept 26. From that date on I have been unable to get it >>>>>>> working. The sept 20 kernel still works great. I'm using it to send >>>>>>> this email. I don't have to change anything I just start kernel.old >>>>>>> and run it rather than today's kernel that has no problems other than >>>>>>> bringing up ath0/wlan0. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some general info for both kernels that I can find no important >>>>>>> differences and now really doubt that the problem is hal_ath but >>>>>>> something else that has changed and is causing the problem. I have >>>>>>> thought of dhcp, ifconfig, ??? The general information for both >>>>>>> follows: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #50: Thu Oct 9 05:27:41 CDT 2008 >>>>>>> root@ed.local.net.mx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO >>>>>>> >>>>>>> rc.conf that doesn't change and works for sept 20 kernel but not >>>>>>> todays: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> wlans_ath0=wlan0 >>>>>>> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus wepmode on wepkey 1:0x2373FE9515 >>>>>>> weptxkey 1" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ifconfig with todays kernel for ath0 and wlan0: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu >>>>>>> 2290 ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>>>> status: associated >>>>>>> wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu >>>>>>> 1500 >>>>>>> ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/48Mbps mode 11g >>>>>>> status: associated >>>>>>> ssid virus channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:1d:7e:51:e1:4d >>>>>>> regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 >>>>>>> wepkey 1:40-bit txpower 16 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan >>>>>>> bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode >>>>>>> CTS wme burst roaming MANUAL >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The part of the dmesg that show ath0 and wlan0 with hal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath_hal: 0.10.5.10 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, >>>>>>> RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath0: mem 0xd0400000-0xd040ffff irq 19 at device >>>>>>> 0.0 on pci5 >>>>>>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>>>>>> ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface >>>>>>> ath0: mac 14.2 phy 7.0 radio 10.2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> ------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The same information for the Sept 20 kernel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> FreeBSD ed.local.net.mx 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #34: Sat Sep >>>>>>> 20 05:37:05 CDT 2008 >>>>>>> root@ed.local.net.mx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO i386 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> rc.conf is the same. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If config for Sept 20 kernel: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu >>>>>>> 2290 ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >>>>>>> status: associated >>>>>>> wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu >>>>>>> 1500 >>>>>>> ether 00:1d:d9:27:5c:e5 >>>>>>> inet 172.16.0.7 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.0.255 >>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/5.5Mbps mode 11g >>>>>>> status: associated >>>>>>> ssid virus channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:1d:7e:51:e1:4d >>>>>>> regdomain 101 indoor ecm authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 >>>>>>> wepkey 1:40-bit txpower 16 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan >>>>>>> bgscanintvl 300 >>>>>>> bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Same parts of the dmesg form Sept 20 kernel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath_hal: 0.10.5.10 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, >>>>>>> RF2413, RF5413, RF2133, RF2425, RF2417) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath0: mem 0xd0400000-0xd040ffff irq 19 at device >>>>>>> 0.0 on pci5 >>>>>>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>>>>>> ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface >>>>>>> ath0: mac 14.2 phy 7.0 radio 10.2 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Does it work w/o WEP? Do you any crypto errors show up in wlanstats >>>>>> and/or athstats output? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sam >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I haven't tried it and I should have since I'm pretty sure that it is >>>>> something external. I've got travel in a few minutes but I'll do it >>>>> tomorrow on my AP at home to not interrupt anyone. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Good morning, Sam. I just disabled encryption on my router and >>>> changed my rc.conf to >>>> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid virus2" >>>> and as you probably knew, it works flawlessly. >>>> >>>> Now I have to ask, what I can do about wep that works on my Sept 20 >>>> and earlier kernels and doesn't work on my recent kernels? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> ed >>>> >>>> >>> I don't know it this is related, but something changed with the WEP-key >>> index. On my EeePC I had to change my wpa_supplicant.conf file to use >>> wep_tx_keyidx=0 and wep_key0=mywepkey before I could get it to work. I the >>> past it always worked with wep_tx_keyidx=1 and wep_key1=xxxxx. >>> >>> The funny thing is that ifconfig reports it as deftxkey 1 and wepkey 1 if >>> I use index 0 in wpa_supplicant and ifconfig will report deftxkey 2 and >>> wepkey 2 if I use index 1 in wpa_supplicant.conf >>> >>> >> I believe it has always been true that key indices reported by ifconfig are >> in the rage [1..4] while wpa_supplicant key indices specified in the config >> file are [0..3]. I don't recall anything changing in that area for a long >> time but I did make changes to the net80211 crypto code around that time. >> >> Sam >> > > Thanks, Sam. What worries me is that I seem to be alone with this problem. > This should be fixed by r184063. Please let me know if it does not and sorry for taking so long to look at the problem. Sam