Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:55:40 -0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ath0: device timeout on 9.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmon9FskQtUdZ_nnTer6n7cGznqWQ6c4MZTm4DqT9cNTTng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <511E910D.1080901@gmx.net> References: <51175C69.6050003@gmx.net> <CAJ-Vmo=5ReDqivQakH9Yuv20_wvqCqHtsxoqpYKhh=-RvpUt%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <51189E1E.70206@gmx.net> <CAJ-Vmo=HLRkXb6NyU=tR_GbPPdu7DFQMsFrXD2qXBzdC%2BMb%2BxQ@mail.gmail.com> <51194795.5070500@gmx.net> <CAJ-VmomB7t-tEb=LCUZkGqsv0YQqqQEFT-Zq8sndqAbJsNZJsA@mail.gmail.com> <511E910D.1080901@gmx.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Sure, that shows that your environment is quite noisy. :-) But is transmission just plain not happening? Is it just never associating? Or is it sometimes associating and sometimes not? Adrian On 15 February 2013 11:48, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail@gmx.net> wrote: > Adrian, > > Finally, I managed to get again a 9.1-RELEASE running with a recompiled > kernel. > > gomorrha% uname -v > FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r246834: Fri Feb 15 18:57:51 CET 2013 > root@gomorrha.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WIFIDEBUG > > This is the result of athstats: > > gomorrha% /usr/local/bin/athstats -i ath0 > 32484 data frames received > 5130 data frames transmit > 3273 mib overflow interrupts > 1M current transmit rate > 190 watchdog timeouts > 2040 rx failed 'cuz of bad CRC > 7 rx failed 'cuz of PHY err > 7 CCK restart > -0/+0 TDMA slot adjust (usecs, smoothed) > 86 avg recv rssi > -96 rx noise floor > 5130 tx frames through raw api > 1 first step level > 1 OFDM weak signal detect > 12 ANI increased spur immunity > 10 ANI decrease spur immunity > 990 ANI enabled OFDM weak signal detect > 2061 ANI disabled OFDM weak signal detect > 3041 ANI disabled CCK weak signal threshold > 4 ANI increased first step level > 2940667 cumulative OFDM phy error count > 5258173 cumulative CCK phy error count > 74 bad FCS > 105 average rssi (beacons only) > 84 average rssi (all rx'd frames) > Antenna profile: > [1] tx 0 rx 32484 > > Is it somewhat helpful? > > regards, > Kamil > > Am 11.02.2013 20:43, schrieb Adrian Chadd: > >> Ok.. >> >> On 11 February 2013 11:33, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>> Still with 9.0-RELEASE: >>> >>> gomorrha% vmstat -i >>> interrupt total rate >>> irq1: atkbd0 6 0 >>> irq16: ath0 ehci0 1367 13 >> >> >> .. I can't tell here whether there's any interrupts making it to the >> ath0 device or not. >> >> The driver in -HEAD logs the TX and RX interrupt counts in a ath >> sysctl which I can track. >> >> Can you please compile up athstats and recompile your kernel with: >> >> ATH_DEBUG >> AH_DEBUG >> ATH_DIAGAPI >> >> .. as we will need to establish whether you're actually queuing frames >> to the hardware, whether they're going out, whether the hardware is >> actually completing them, and whether the interrupt is being >> generated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Adrian >> >>> irq23: ehci1 250 2 >>> cpu0:timer 8014 77 >>> irq256: em0 523 5 >>> irq258: ahci0 15444 149 >>> cpu1:timer 2797 27 >>> cpu2:timer 3743 36 >>> cpu3:timer 3053 29 >>> Total 35197 341 >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 11.02.13 19:59, schrieb Adrian Chadd: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Would you please look at the output of vmstat -i, see if the ath0 >>>> device is receiving interrupts? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10 February 2013 23:30, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail@gmx.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> after a downgrade to 9.0-RELEASE the issue remains the same. >>>>> /var/log/messages is spamed by equal authentication timeout entries. >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Kamil >>>>> >>>>> Am 10.02.13 20:10, schrieb Adrian Chadd: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Would you please try 9.0-RELEASE too? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Adrian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10 February 2013 00:38, Kamil Szczesny <k.s.mail@gmx.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm facing a problem with ath0 on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE, that was not >>>>>>> existent >>>>>>> on 8.x-RELEASE. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The issue seems to be the similar to this one: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-January/065667.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do have the same NIC. pciconf -lv output is equal: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ath0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x3a701186 chip=0x0024168c >>>>>>> rev=0x01 >>>>>>> hdr=0x00 >>>>>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >>>>>>> device = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter' >>>>>>> class = network >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /etc/rc.conf: >>>>>>> wlans_ath0="wlan0" >>>>>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf: >>>>>>> network={ >>>>>>> ssid="home" >>>>>>> psk="123" >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> However, it is not starting to work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do not have /usr/src/tools/ath so that I can not provide the >>>>>>> output. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /var/log/messages is spammed with: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Feb 10 09:08:26 gomorrha wpa_supplicant[1500]: Trying to associate >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='home' freq=2422 MHz) >>>>>>> Feb 10 09:08:30 gomorrha kernel: ath0: device timeout >>>>>>> Feb 10 09:08:36 gomorrha wpa_supplicant[1500]: Authentication with >>>>>>> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx timed out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any idea what might be wrong or how I could fix this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> regards, >>>>>>> Kamil >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>>>> "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAJ-Vmon9FskQtUdZ_nnTer6n7cGznqWQ6c4MZTm4DqT9cNTTng>