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Oldroyd" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: kern/134591: [ral] ral(4) driver frequently loses carrier (on RT2560) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "J.R. Oldroyd" List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 20:10:07 -0000 >Number: 134591 >Category: kern >Synopsis: [ral] ral(4) driver frequently loses carrier (on RT2560) >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat May 16 20:10:05 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: J.R. Oldroyd >Release: FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD xx.opal.com 7.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Apr 9 19:46:17 CEST 2009 xx@xx.opal.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XX i386 >Description: The ral(4) inferface repeatedly goes down and up even when in close proximity to the access-point. ifconfig ral0 ral0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:11:09:xx:xx:xx inet6 fe80::211:9ff:fexx:xxxx%ral0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2001:5c0:1100:f103:211:9ff:fexx:xxxx prefixlen 64 autoconf inet 192.168.3.67 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps) status: associated ssid xx channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:16:b6:xx:xx:xx authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 50 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL boot stuff: May 10 07:11:29 xx kernel: ral0: mem 0xdfffe000-0xdfffffff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 May 10 07:11:29 xx kernel: ral0: MAC/BBP RT2560 (rev 0x04), RF RT2525 May 10 07:11:29 xx kernel: ral0: Ethernet address: 00:11:09:xx:xx:xx May 10 07:11:29 xx kernel: ral0: [ITHREAD] >How-To-Repeat: 1. enable ral(4) driver. 2. wait a while. 3. look at syslog: May 16 12:02:14 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to DOWN May 16 12:02:17 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to UP May 16 12:02:27 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to DOWN May 16 12:02:55 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to UP May 16 12:22:56 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to DOWN May 16 12:23:11 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to UP May 16 12:28:49 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to DOWN May 16 12:29:05 xx kernel: ral0: link state changed to UP >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: