Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:20:09 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AR9280 "bb hang" and other Message-ID: <AANLkTinc0W1WF5A-7V3y=L7EcWH8cHTDSNz65CRWVBqS@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E1Oldys-0000Wx-RN@clue.co.za> References: <E1OlHMU-0000Vo-Lf@clue.co.za> <0D4EA23D-605F-4F15-B07E-6019055EA6F5@FreeBSD.org> <E1Oldys-0000Wx-RN@clue.co.za>
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Can you please change one at a time and see which affected it? Thanks, Adrian On 18 August 2010 16:26, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote: > Rui Paulo wrote: >> On 17 Aug 2010, at 09:17, Ian FREISLICH wrote: >> > Aug 17 09:29:08 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting >> > Aug 17 09:37:57 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting >> > Aug 17 09:49:10 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting >> > Aug 17 10:06:17 mini kernel: ath0: bb hang detected (0x80), resetting >> >> BB hangs are a problem with the 9280 but I don't know how to fix. >> Hardware errors shouldn't happen, but this might mean you have >> very aggressive power reduction settings (ACPI C3, etc.) that are >> interfering with the atheros card. This has happened to me in the >> past. > > Now, I've made 2 changes so I'm not sure which affected it: > > 1. I replaced the card with an AR9285 > > ath0@pci0:1:0:0: class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x7167144f chip=3D0x002b168c rev= =3D0x01 hdr=3D0x00 > =A0 =A0vendor =A0=3D 'Atheros Communications Inc.' > =A0 =A0device =A0=3D 'Atheros AR9285 Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n Controll= er (AR928x)' > =A0 =A0class =A0 =3D network > > 2. I changed the channel on our AP. (there were 2 other nearby APs > =A0 on the same channel). > > I noticed that I got a lot more bb hangs at the office compared to > home - there are a lot more APs nearby: > > [mini] /usr/home/ianf $ ifconfig wlan0 scan > SSID/MESH ID =A0 =A0BSSID =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0CHAN RATE =A0 S:N = =A0 =A0 INT CAPS > Ignition =A0 =A0 =A0 =A000:26:bb:78:b4:91 =A0 =A06 =A0 54M -89:-96 =A0100= EPS =A0RSN HTCAP WPA WME > Eco Impact =A0 =A0 =A000:22:3f:55:80:bc =A0 11 =A0 54M -92:-96 =A0100 EP = =A0 HTCAP WPS WPA WME > Viic =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A000:14:6c:49:3f:1c =A0 11 =A0 54M -92:-96 =A01= 00 EPS =A0WPA ATH WME > cluelan =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 00:30:4f:58:bf:96 =A0 =A07 =A0 54M -72:-96 =A0100= EPS =A0WPA ATH WME > PRIVATE LABEL =A0 00:19:70:05:28:c4 =A0 =A03 =A0 54M -79:-96 =A0100 EP = =A0 WPA WME > blinkbroom1 =A0 =A0 00:18:4d:1c:8e:3a =A0 =A05 =A0 54M -89:-96 =A0100 EPS= =A0WPA > Sasman =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A000:26:f2:46:2c:de =A0 =A01 =A0 54M -93:-96 =A01= 00 EP =A0 WME > cocoa =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 00:26:f2:3d:aa:13 =A0 =A03 =A0 54M -94:-96 =A02= 00 EPS =A0WME HTCAP ATH > CareCross =A0 =A0 =A0 30:46:9a:1e:b0:ca =A0 =A08 =A0 54M -35:-96 =A0100 E= PS =A0RSN WPA > > We're "cluelan" and we were on channel 3. =A0Previously, I was seeing > a hang every 10 minutes or so, since changing the channel to a > "free" one, I haven't had a hang in the last 40 minutes. =A0The only > bb hang I've had was when I deactivated the RF switch on netbook > and that was a semi-expected result. > > Ian > > -- > Ian Freislich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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