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From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net>
To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r264710 - head/sys/dev/ath
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:21:07AM -0700, Greg Byshenk wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:04:55AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> 
> > Try setting it up without 11n enabled:
> > 
> > ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap channel 6:g
> > 
> > .. and if that doesn't help, try with 11n enabled but without ampdutx:
> > 
> > ifconfig wlan0 -ampdutx
> > 
> > I'm not using the AR5416 as an AP at the moment but it should be ok.
> > I'm definitely using it as a station though.
> > 
> > Can your try -HEAD instead? I don't plan on MFCing things myself back
> > to stable/10; i rely on others who are actively using stable/10 to do
> > it.
>  
> I did try it to 11g (as I know that 11n wasn't supported before),
> but it didn't help.
> 
> I did -not- try without ampdutx. I can try that, and I can also
> try HEAD --- but that will take a little bit of time, as I will
> need to do some reconfiguring of other things to ensure that my
> systems are up and available while I'm testing.
> 
> I'll let you know when I have a chance to test.

Just to update this for the record: my problem appears to have been 
a false alarm. 

Under heavy load yesterday, the same thing happened under 9-STABLE
as I reported under 10-STABLE. My suspicion now is that the power
supply is failing (or something similar) and it was just my testing
under 10-STABLE that was pushing it too hard.


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greg byshenk  -  gbyshenk@byshenk.net  -  Portland, OR USA