Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:37:14 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <gaijin.k@gmail.com> To: Martin <nakal@web.de> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Hard(?) lock when reassociating ath with wpa_supplicant on RELENG_7 Message-ID: <1215952634.1731.3.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <20080713112117.7d3ff6c6@web.de> References: <20080713112117.7d3ff6c6@web.de>
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On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 11:21 +0200, Martin wrote: > Hi Sam, > > do you know if there is anything done about cbb(4)? I have many > wireless adapters with ath(4), but only the one based on PCMCIA is > making problems on FreeBSD. > > I cannot boot my notebook with the device inserted into the port, or it > will render the system unusable (100% load on cbb(4)). > > And all I can see is the following: > Jul 12 14:58:39 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:40 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:58:41 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:58:42 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:43 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:44 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:58:45 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:45 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 8 (2447 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:46 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 9 (2452 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:47 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 10 (2457 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:58:52 link kernel: ath0: device timeout > Jul 12 14:58:52 link kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3231908395 > Jul 12 14:58:58 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:58:59 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:00 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:01 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:01 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3289233408 > Jul 12 14:59:02 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:03 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:04 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 8 (2447 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:05 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 9 (2452 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:06 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 10 (2457 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:10 link kernel: ath0: device timeout > Jul 12 14:59:10 link kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3231908395 > Jul 12 14:59:11 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:59:12 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:13 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656 > Jul 12 14:59:14 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:15 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:16 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868687084 > Jul 12 14:59:16 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0 > Jul 12 14:59:17 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 11 (2462 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3828804624 > Jul 12 14:59:22 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > Jul 12 14:59:32 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > Jul 12 14:59:42 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > Jul 12 15:00:22 link last message repeated 4 times > Jul 12 15:00:32 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > Jul 12 15:00:42 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > Jul 12 15:00:52 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700 > > > wpa_supplicant is trying to access the card and switching channels, I > suppose. > > A workaround that I'm using all the time is: > 1) boot the notebook without the PCMCIA card > 2) after gdm appears, insert the card > > Also see: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/120376 > > In this PR I also described that you can panic the system, > while trying to fix the situation by reinserting the card. > But I found out, that you can always panic the system when > ejecting the card and wpa_supplicant is running. > You can panic the box by unloading if_ath.ko while wpa_supplicant is running on any form factor, so this one is not specific to the removable devices. -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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