From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 19:44:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6687499; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A494E29E6; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:44:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (Postfix, from userid 3973) id 958B6B843; Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:44:12 +0200 (SAST) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:44:12 +0200 From: John Hay To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: CAMBRIA and more than one atheros card Message-ID: <20140717194412.GA37369@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <20140714194932.GA51947@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140714200015.GA54311@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140714203707.GB54311@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140717103430.GA88108@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20140717192433.GA35445@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" , Ian Lepore X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:44:16 -0000 On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:30:53PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > okay, I think that needs to be fixed first. I can't debug it otherwise. :) vmstat -ia output looks the same on an Avila board, so it isn't Cambria specific. John > > > > -a > > > On 17 July 2014 12:24, John Hay wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:17:19PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> I've seen some weird cases in the past where there's just no > >> interrupts making out after boot. I don't know why. > >> > >> Chances are that's what you're seeing - the frame is going out but > >> there's no interrupts. > >> > >> Check vmstat -ia ; see if ath0 is generating interrupts. > > > > I don't think vmstat -ia work properly. On a boot where ath works, this > > is what I see: > > > > tst-11-arm:~ # vmstat -ia > > interrupt total rate > > irq0: npe1 0 0 > > irq2: npe0 0 0 > > irq3: ixpqmgr0 0 0 > > irq4: ixpqmgr0 0 0 > > irq5: ixpclk0 0 0 > > Total 3520443 172 > > > > Ath0-2 do not pitch up and npe0 stays 0 even though packets have been > > sent and received on it. > > > > John > > > >> > >> > >> > >> -a > >> > >> > >> On 17 July 2014 03:34, John Hay wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:37:07PM +0200, John Hay wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 01:02:03PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Ah, you're not even using it in 11n mode. Ok. > >> >> > > >> >> > Well, that's 72 mbufs allocated, and up to 200 more being allocated > >> >> > during transmit. Then there's the handful of pages being used for DMA > >> >> > descriptors. So yeah, over time that may become a problem. > >> >> > > >> >> > Try doubling the number of bounce buffers available and see what happens. > >> >> > >> >> The first boot looks good, all 3 aths came up. Bounce buffers just > >> >> after login: > >> >> > >> >> tst-11-arm:~ # sysctl hw.busdma > >> >> hw.busdma.total_bpages: 128 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.total_bpages: 128 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.free_bpages: 128 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.reserved_bpages: 0 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.active_bpages: 0 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.total_bounced: 0 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.total_deferred: 0 > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.lowaddr: 0x4000fff > >> >> hw.busdma.zone0.alignment: 4096 > >> > ... > >> >> Great! At last it seems like we are making progress. I'll leave it > >> >> till the morning and then do a few reboots and then some traffic. > >> >> > >> >> One question, should the active bounce pages keep growing or stabilize > >> >> somewhere? How do I know if I have to few or if there is a leak? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks Adrian for your help. > >> > > >> > I still ran out sometimes during a reboot, so I upped it to 512 and added > >> > a sysctl to show the max that active_bpages has been. Sometimes just > >> > after a reboot active_bpages is low and other times higher, I have seen > >> > 140. A few times during a reboot I see timeouts, which only a reboot > >> > seem to recover from. Can it be a left over config from the previous boot > >> > that does not get cleaned out? Or maybe traffic being received while the > >> > config is happening? > >> > > >> > Here is an example during the boot: > >> > > >> > #################### > >> > ... > >> > ath0: irq 28 at device 1.0 on pci0 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 63 > >> > alloc_bounce_pages: numpages 8 > >> > ath0: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > >> > ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > >> > ath1: irq 27 at device 2.0 on pci0 > >> > [ath] enabling AN_TOP2_FIXUP > >> > ath1: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0 > >> > ath1: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0 > >> > ath2: irq 26 at device 3.0 on pci0 > >> > ath2: AR5413 mac 10.5 RF5413 phy 6.1 > >> > ath2: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0063 > >> > ixpclk0: on ixp0 > >> > ixpiic0: on ixp0 > >> > ... > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode adhoc country ZA > >> > wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:35:70:42 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 ifdisabled > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 -bgscan channel 140 ssid mesh bssid 02:8c:ca:fe:ca:00 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 auto_linklocal > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > dev.ath.0.debug: 0 -> 8 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 up > >> > ath0: ath_init: if_flags 0x8803 > >> > ath0: ath_stop_locked: invalid 0 if_flags 0x8803 > >> > dev.ath.0.debug: 8 -> 0 > >> > ath0: hardware error; resetting > >> > ath0: 0x00000000 0x00000020 0x00000000, 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:: prefixlen 64 eui64 alias > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan0 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:: prefixlen 64 alias anycast > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 create wlandev ath1 wlanmode adhoc country ZA > >> > wlan1: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:35:6c:96 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 ifdisabled > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 -bgscan channel 136 ssid mesh bssid 02:88:ca:fe:ca:00 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 auto_linklocal > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > dev.ath.1.debug: 0 -> 8 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 up > >> > ath1: ath_init: if_flags 0x8803 > >> > ath1: ath_stop_locked: invalid 0 if_flags 0x8803 > >> > R[ 0] (DS.V:0xcd027000 DS.P:0x1227000) L:01227060 D:00089000 * > >> > 00000000 00000800 0b802c2c 000000b2 > >> > 0000175f 00000100 2f808080 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000003 > >> > R[ 0] (DS.V:0xcd027060 DS.P:0x1227060) L:012270c0 D:0008a000 > >> > 00000000 00000800 00000000 00000000 > >> > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > >> > dev.ath.1.debug: 8 -> 0 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:: prefixlen 64 eui64 alias > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan1 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:10:: prefixlen 64 alias anycast > >> > ifa_add_loopback_route: insertion failed: 17 > >> > ifconfig.bin: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 create wlandev ath2 wlanmode adhoc country ZA > >> > wlan2: Ethernet address: 00:21:a4:32:38:c2 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 ifdisabled > >> > ath0: device timeout > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 -bgscan channel 13 ssid hotspot bssid 02:0d:ca:fe:ca:00 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 auto_linklocal > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 -ifdisabled > >> > dev.ath.2.debug: 0 -> 8 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 up > >> > ath2: ath_init: if_flags 0x8803 > >> > ath2: ath_stop_locked: invalid 0 if_flags 0x8803 > >> > dev.ath.2.debug: 8 -> 0 > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet 10.56.244.1/24 alias > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:38f4:: prefixlen 64 eui64 alias > >> > /sbin/ifconfig.bin wlan2 inet6 fd35:ac5b:b116:38f4:: prefixlen 64 alias anycast > >> > ... > >> > ath0: device timeout > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > ... > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # uptime > >> > 9:18AM up 2 mins, 1 user, load averages: 1.63, 0.70, 0.28 > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # sysctl hw.busdma > >> > hw.busdma.total_bpages: 512 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_bpages: 512 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.free_bpages: 375 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.reserved_bpages: 0 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.active_bpages: 137 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.max_active_bpages: 137 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_bounced: 1739 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_deferred: 0 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.lowaddr: 0x4000fff > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.alignment: 4096 > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # ath0: device timeout > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # uptime > >> > 9:20AM up 4 mins, 1 user, load averages: 0.68, 0.68, 0.34 > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # sysctl hw.busdma > >> > hw.busdma.total_bpages: 512 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_bpages: 512 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.free_bpages: 326 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.reserved_bpages: 0 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.active_bpages: 186 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.max_active_bpages: 190 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_bounced: 6592 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.total_deferred: 0 > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.lowaddr: 0x4000fff > >> > hw.busdma.zone0.alignment: 4096 > >> > tst-11-arm:~ # ath0: device timeout > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > ath0: device timeout > >> > ar5416StopDmaReceive: dma failed to stop in 10ms > >> > AR_CR=0x00000024 > >> > AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020 > >> > #################### > >> > > >> > The 2 other interfaces did not seem to have a problem and after a reboot > >> > ath0/wlan0 was working fine again. > >> > > >> > John > >> > -- > >> > John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@meraka.org.za