Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:55:07 +0530 From: Tj <tj@archlinux.us> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ATH] 9.2-PRERELEASE and wlan0 device disconnection Message-ID: <CAOz4XF-E68-NoYvL5igKtT-rUNno2RiVDeZaEkuwFpq5nfEbSQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmon5qLPZy=ANDSd4nB41PaNfNR7YB1_d6a7X=h=gm-4zQg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOz4XF-%2B4dnecDkFTy6FPHqjSYjxmYkM9Ctp0QiXnf%2B7CsueEg@mail.gmail.com> <CAOz4XF9Ne54ohTfF26tFWjc34qeFy2jwk5bKeNDpbwGurgOsFA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOz4XF8_=_ZuoHj0-Xz3dmLOt=AB6Hu64ppqQ9d0WoC-zBeiEw@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmon-pyc_j4Pj8Sb6VFZfXRXk%2Bra1uRg-hXBhGcO7WPxLYQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130818121916.GA55695@tahoe.tj-h.info> <CAJ-VmokkFTnOs=%2BPZH-xt76sodHVC9KYNkaDE%2BUOcxP7VWnyyQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130819054501.GA92991@tahoe.tj-h.info> <20130819133000.GA1404@tahoe.tj-h.info> <CAJ-Vmon5qLPZy=ANDSd4nB41PaNfNR7YB1_d6a7X=h=gm-4zQg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hmm yea will try that and let you know. Switching to -head though...maybe that'll make it better. I have to say though..wow this driver's come a long way in a year. Thanks for all the work... -Tj On Aug 19, 2013 8:58 PM, "Adrian Chadd" <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Please just do it manually for now. > > # ifconfig wlan0 > # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 > # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf & > # dhclient wlan0 > > .. see what happens. > > > > -adrian > > > > On 19 August 2013 06:30, Tj Hariharan <tj@archlinux.us> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:15:32AM +0530, Tj Hariharan wrote: >> > O never mind, it still happens, though obviously more intermittently, >> > since I didn't notice anything odd for almost an entire day. A few more >> > things this time though: >> > >> > a. It IS intermittent, there seems to be very little pattern to this, >> > except that it seems to be more likely to happen when/if I am using the >> > internet more and actively (e.g. youtube etc rather than just let a few >> > small internet using things run). >> > >> > b. There seems to be an extra line in the error logs: >> > >> > "Aug 19 10:53:47 tahoe dhclient[79063]: ioctl(SIOCGIFFLAGS) on >> > wlan0: Operation not permitted" >> >> > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 09:02:41AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > > good to know! >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -adrian >> > > >> > > >> > > On 18 August 2013 05:19, Tj Hariharan <tj@archlinux.us> wrote: >> > > >> > > > Ok so, at the time I was using r254246. Just this afternoon, I >> realised >> > > > there were quite a few commits after that. I am now on r254444 and >> > > > everything seems to be working fine, i.e. no more wlan0 dying >> randomly. >> > > > I have no idea what is causing this, though. (the r254246 was from >> > > > installing from a download of 9.2 dvd). >> > > > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 09:49:49PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> > > > > Hi! >> > > > > >> > > > > I'm not sure what could've caused this! Not much has changed in >> the >> > > > > wireless stack and ath driver between 9.1 and 9.2. Would you be >> able to >> > > > > work through different svn versions of stable/9 between 9.1 and >> 9.2 to >> > > > > narrow down when things broke? >> > > > > >> > > > > It may be something other than the wifi driver/stack. >> > > > > >> > > > > Thanks! >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > -adrian >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > On 17 August 2013 05:12, Tj <tj@archlinux.us> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > (Sorry emailed from wrong address, re emailing) >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Hi, I just upgraded to 9.2-PRERELEASE from 9.1-RELEASE, I have >> not had >> > > > this >> > > > > > problem before with any version of freebsd however. I have an >> ATHEROS >> > > > card >> > > > > > (AR928X according to pciconf), things go fine except every few >> > > > > > minutes/hours (randomly) I get the following >> > > > > > http://bpaste.net/show/123755/ type >> > > > > > of error, and the network is no longer connected, however, >> beyond the >> > > > fact >> > > > > > that I can't even reach my router there's no obvious other >> sign, I.e >> > > > > > ifconfig still shows a valid output with ip address etc as if >> it were >> > > > still >> > > > > > connected. Restarting the netif service fixes it, until it >> happens >> > > > again - >> > > > > > which it does in a short while (though sometimes I have to >> restart >> > > > netif >> > > > > > twice). >> > > > > > >> > > > > > As I said, this happened just as I upgraded from 9.1 to 9.2. >> Anyone >> > > > have >> > > > > > any idea what's causing this? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -Tj Hariharan >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> > > > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Tejas (Tj) Hariharan >> > > > Email: tj@archlinux.us >> > > > >> > >> >> >> Okay it's gotten MUCH worse now. netif can no longer be stopped without >> a reboot when "wlan0" craps out. (As I mentioned a restart usually fixes >> things). While trying to stop netif attempts to destroy the wlan0 >> interface, which fails - which, as it turns out is where the "ioctl: >> operation not permitted error" error comes from I think. >> -- >> Tj Hariharan >> Email: Tj@archlinux.us >> > >
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