From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 21:32:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF9E106566C for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erob@gthcfoundation.org) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC3568FC08 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:32:20 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([74.56.135.175]) by vl-mo-mrz23.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0LE20039215COLD0@vl-mo-mrz23.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:32:01 -0500 (EST) Message-id: <4D17B714.6040106@gthcfoundation.org> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:43:48 -0500 From: Etienne Robillard Organization: Green Tea Hackers Club User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.14) Gecko/20101026 Icedove/3.0.9 To: Steve Kargl , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20101226195556.GA45505@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-reply-to: <20101226195556.GA45505@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Cc: Subject: Re: wlan/wpi are more broken than 3 weeks. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: erob@gthcfoundation.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:32:21 -0000 On 26/12/10 02:55 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: > First reported here, > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-December/021664.html > > I now see a never ending spew in /var/log/messages of > > laptop:kargl[232] tail /var/log/messages > Dec 26 07:41:12 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > Dec 26 07:41:12 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > Dec 26 07:45:42 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > Dec 26 07:45:42 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > Dec 26 07:49:42 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > Dec 26 07:49:42 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > Dec 26 07:54:12 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > Dec 26 07:54:12 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > Dec 26 07:58:27 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to DOWN > Dec 26 07:58:27 laptop kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP > > So, the good news appears to be that 3 weeks ago wlan/wpi could > stay up for 7 to 9 minutes before cycling DOWN/UP. While the > bad news is that today, the DOWN/UP cycle last for 4 to 5 minutes. > > have you compiled with IEEE_DEBUG ? I would also like knowing which wireless NIC you're using. Is this bug related to a USB wireless card ? I have similar issues (recurring) on Freebsd 8.1. my current understanding is that USB wireless on FreeSD is somewhat a itchy business.. Regards -- Etienne Robillard Company: Green Tea Hackers Club Occupation: Software Developer E-mail: erob@gthcfoundation.org Work phone: +1 514-962-7703 Website (Company): https://www.gthc.org/ Website (Blog): https://www.gthc.org/blog/ PGP public key fingerprint: F2A9 32EA 8E7C 460F 1728 A1A7 649C 7F17 A086 DDEC During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell