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Date:      Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:45:51 +0200
From:      Bjarne <bjb@darco.dk>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   flooded with "ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)"  after upgrade to 7.2-stable
Message-ID:  <4A2FFF5F.5010608@darco.dk>

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After upgrading from FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE  to FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE
I Get a gazillion of these :

kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)

in /var/log/messages
Mostly when all workstations are turned off. The messagestorm slows down after the first workstation
has connected, but there are still a LOT of messages

The Hardware is exactly the same as before the upgrade. No change whatsoever.

I am uing the atheros card as a host AP and I have tried different settings
with ifconfig like -bgscan to no avail.
So please : how to stop these emssages ?

v8 # ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
        ether 00:18:4d:ec:7d:07
        inet 192.168.1.103 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <hostap>
        status: associated
        ssid XXXXXX channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:18:4d:ec:7d:07
        authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy MIXED deftxkey 2 TKIP 2:128-bit
        TKIP 3:128-bit txpower 31.5 scanvalid 1000 protmode CTS burst hidessid
        dtimperiod 1

Current dmesg from 7.2 stable :
=================================================
Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #2: Sun Jun  7 17:14:11 CEST 2009
    toor@v8.YYYYY.dk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/V8
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ (1401.72-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x662  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
  AMD Features=0xc0480800<SYSCALL,MP,MMX+,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
real memory  = 805240832 (767 MB)
avail memory = 773959680 (738 MB)
kbd1 at kbdmux0
acpi0: <761686 AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 2fef0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port
0xcf8-0xcff,0x4000-0x407f,0x4080-0x40ff,0x5000-0x500f,0x6000-0x607f on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <AMD 761 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <VIA 82C686B UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc400-0xc40f at
device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 5 at device 7.2 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xcc00-0xcc1f irq 5 at device 7.3 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 7.4 (no driver attached)
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xf0000000-0xf0003fff,0xf1000000-0xf17fffff irq 5 at device
11.0 on pci0
xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xd000-0xd03f irq 12 at device 15.0 on pci0
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> PHY 24 on miibus0
nsphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:57:5a:bf
xl0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xf3000000-0xf300ffff irq 10 at device 17.0 on pci0
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:18:4d:ec:7d:07
ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
atapci1: <HighPoint HPT370 UDMA100 controller> port
0xd400-0xd407,0xd800-0xd803,0xdc00-0xdc07,0xe000-0xe003,0xe400-0xe4ff irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1401715949 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ad0: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160212A 2AAA> at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: DVDROM <Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 0122/E1.22> at ata1-master UDMA66
ad4: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160212A 2AAA> at ata2-master UDMA100
ad6: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160215A 3.AAD> at ata3-master UDMA100
GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/gm0s1 launched (1/1).
GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad6s1 marked as inactive, skipping.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s1a is ufsid/43764dd0e4c68fd0.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s1d is ufsid/43764dd570a98422.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s1e is ufsid/43764dd8ec27faff.
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s1f is ufsid/43764ddc8f945f3f.
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a
bridge0: Ethernet address: 42:87:0c:b1:1e:f6
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x490 hal flags 0x150), hal status 12
ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)

==============================
dmesg from 7.1-release :  (same hardware - with no problems)
==============================

Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #0: Sun Apr  5 20:22:16 CEST 2009
    toor@v8.YYYYY.dk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ (1401.72-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x662  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
  AMD Features=0xc0480800<SYSCALL,MP,MMX+,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
real memory  = 805240832 (767 MB)
avail memory = 773980160 (738 MB)
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <761686 AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 2fef0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port
0xcf8-0xcff,0x4000-0x407f,0x4080-0x40ff,0x5000-0x500f,0x6000-0x607f on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <AMD 761 host to AGP bridge> on hostb0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <VIA 82C686B UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xc400-0xc40f at
device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 5 at device 7.2 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xcc00-0xcc1f irq 5 at device 7.3 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 7.4 (no driver attached)
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xf0000000-0xf0003fff,0xf1000000-0xf17fffff irq 5 at device
11.0 on pci0
xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xd000-0xd03f irq 12 at device 15.0 on pci0
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> PHY 24 on miibus0
nsphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:57:5a:bf
xl0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xf3000000-0xf300ffff irq 10 at device 17.0 on pci0
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:18:4d:ec:7d:07
ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6
atapci1: <HighPoint HPT370 UDMA100 controller> port
0xd400-0xd407,0xd800-0xd803,0xdc00-0xdc07,0xe000-0xe003,0xe400-0xe4ff irq 11 at device 19.0 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1401715696 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
ad0: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160212A 2AAA> at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: DVDROM <Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-106S 0122/E1.22> at ata1-master UDMA66
ad4: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160212A 2AAA> at ata2-master UDMA100
ad6: 152627MB <Seagate ST3160215A 3.AAD> at ata3-master UDMA100
GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad4s1 marked as inactive, skipping.
Root mount waiting for: GMIRROR
Root mount waiting for: GMIRROR
Root mount waiting for: GMIRROR
Root mount waiting for: GMIRROR
GEOM_MIRROR: Force device gm0s1 start due to timeout.
GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror/gm0s1 launched (2/3).
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a
bridge0: Ethernet address: 9e:0e:a9:07:08:01
ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x490 hal flags 0x150), hal status 12







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