Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:51:23 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonzcKReGgcLOFMCvHi4AsZghQsRVtT2TV4tNWo-AV6odQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHUyByRNDdHCuN873j5cUp%2BYWKX0z-e674ZcuiBfV93kJ8BdXg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHUyByT1NuNNWmRnqeR-QqfHB=Gm9ffs_fEEX9XP8gidVUk-Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonT6S%2BkW6uJwtsBEVjqSYoC7Bm5zqTzNPf2QcMUJ1f-9A@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByQAKaM5mScGYquousRbKLBnJn1PJaQ9inOc=gfn=LMe3w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmonk45yeQ%2BBpXdnb7O=upB1srvr3zHGQgEztxXNTi4x-7Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRxi0GWU__3bp%2BHtwjkoJE2fUON_SdEh=7q7q%2BAhZEWWA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByR5gRAQ0o-3ZS%2B4X2Vcbfg6Tgb_6jVbmMxCOKo3izPB0g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRJXrnFCH126ie7QYJkZna7ar%2B6seMc2x4Jkj8T_q4iVw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRH2=6-Oo99ir%2B7_04NYNQ5DzchZYQWT=%2BTpvhWoa4XtA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmomzRwHv7hxF_bO5J=PP5RBWcvY28USUyR5rOqbt_yT-9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByScctyPUwK%2B693b7QAWw=iDAVxo9v9kRMNKrvfCi9t=kA@mail.gmail.com> <51C8AE67.7040801@unsane.co.uk> <CAHUyByRNDdHCuN873j5cUp%2BYWKX0z-e674ZcuiBfV93kJ8BdXg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I'm sorry, I don't have the time to try and debug this issue. If I had a T60 here that demonstrated this behaviour then I could try to fix it. But I unfortunately don't; all my T60 hardware has intel wifi. :( I can try putting an AR5418 in a T60 in a few weeks and see if it exhibits this behaviour. But don't hold your breath. Sorry :( -adrian On 15 July 2013 13:30, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Adrian, > I tried with -HEAD liveCD as proposed by Vincent and ghostbsd live cd but > the situation is the same. I feel like I am missing something. On one hand > I can scan the wireless networks and the wifi card seems to be working. On > the other hand I cannot attach as the ath device times out (which according > to the ath man pages should not occur). I also tried to encrypt the psk > phrase with pwa_passphrase but with no success either. I tested with Kali > linux live cd and the wireless was working fine. I also noticed that if I > shutdown Windows and then start FreeBSD then the wifi also behaves the same > way - ath0: device timed out. Only restart from Windows or restart from > FreeBSD with working wifi can make the wifi work again. > Do you have any other proposals? > > Regards, > > Lyubomir > > > On 24 June 2013 23:39, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote: > >> As an easy test if you arent keen on making the leap just yet I'd >> suggest getting a snapshot CD and just boot it as a liveCD to test. >> either a snapshot >> http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/ >> or one of the daily builds from >> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/ >> (for example >> >> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/amd64-amd64/10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP/iso/FreeBSD-10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP-amd64-amd64-release.iso >> ) >> >> That said I run -CURRENT on my server at home (for the atheros driver) >> and dont have any problems with it. >> >> Vince >> >> >> On 24/06/2013 21:01, Lyubomir Yotov wrote: >> > Hi Adrian, >> > >> > I will try to get -HEAD on my T60 and will report back. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Lyubomir >> > >> > >> > On 24 June 2013 20:21, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Would you be willing to try a -HEAD snapshot on your laptop? >> >> >> >> Maybe I've fixed it as part of the other driver work that I've done as >> >> part of development in -HEAD. >> >> >> >> But right now I really have no idea. I don't have a T60 here that has >> >> that chip in it. If all the T60 BIOSes allow AR5418 NICs then I can >> >> try it out, but all of the T60's I've played with thus far have the >> >> intel hardware in it. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Adrian >> >> >> >> >> >> On 21 June 2013 02:02, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Adrian, >> >>> >> >>> Do you have any feedback on the matter? >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> >> >>> Lyubomir >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 13 June 2013 10:09, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> Hello Adrian, >> >>>> >> >>>> I enabled acpi_ibm.ko but this didn't help and after "halt" the wifi >> is >> >>>> not working again. >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards, >> >>>> >> >>>> Lyubomir >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 13 June 2013 08:03, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Hello Adrian, >> >>>>> I did some tests and discovered that the problem is related to >> >>>>> "halt"/"shutdown" of system. If "reboot" is carried out than there >> is >> >> no >> >>>>> problem and the wifi works properly (even if done from Gnome - Gnome >> >> seems >> >>>>> to have no relation to the problem). So what could lead to "ath0: >> time >> >> out" >> >>>>> after shutting down or halting the system? I noticed that there are >> irq >> >>>>> storms on irq 17 which is the wifi irq (interrupt storm detected on >> >>>>> "irq17:"; throttling interrupt source). Something else that I am not >> >> sure to >> >>>>> have relevance - after shutdown during the start-up ath0 is reported >> >> to use >> >>>>> autoselect mode 11g: >> >>>>> (below is from dmesg) >> >>>>> >> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 >> mtu >> >>>>> 2290 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx >> >>>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g >> >>>>> status: associated >> >>>>> >> >>>>> After the boot has finished the mode changes to 11a: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> #ifconfig ath0 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 >> mtu >> >>>>> 2290 >> >>>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx >> >>>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> >>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a >> >>>>> status: associated >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Do you have any idea where to look for now? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Regards, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Lyubomir >> >>>>> P.S. I will try to play with acpi_ibm.ko and see if things change >> if I >> >>>>> make it auto-load. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On 10 June 2013 16:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> Hello Adrian, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Attached are files with consecutive vmstat -i when the wlan is >> working >> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_working.txt) and when the wlan is not working >> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_not_working.txt). There is also output from ifconfig when >> >> the wlan >> >>>>>> is not working (ifconfig.txt). >> >>>>>> After some more deeper investigation it seems to me that the >> problem >> >>>>>> appears after starting X with Gnome. I will continue investigating >> >> with >> >>>>>> "reboot"/"halt -p" and inform you. >> >>>>>> BTW do you think that starting Gnome session (using startx, as I >> >> haven't >> >>>>>> set auto start of X if this is of any importance) can cause >> problems >> >> - in >> >>>>>> Gnome I have no settings for the network in the "System->Network" >> >>>>>> application and I start it with normal user? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Regards, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Lyubo >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 9 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>>>>>> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output? >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> adrian >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>> Hi, >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> After restart from Windows and working wireless the number of >> >>>>>>>> interrupts >> >>>>>>>> increases and the rate increases. After next restart (the ath0 >> >> times >> >>>>>>>> out) >> >>>>>>>> the interrupts increase but the rate is going down. >> >>>>>>>> I noticed that after restart from Windows and working wifi if I >> >>>>>>>> restart >> >>>>>>>> /etc/rc.d/netif the wifi is working again. If I shutdown wlan0 >> and >> >>>>>>>> bring it >> >>>>>>>> up again then I wlan0 doesn't get address but ath0 is not timing >> >> out. >> >>>>>>>> I can >> >>>>>>>> still get a list with the available APs around. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Regards, >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Lyubo >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> Hm! >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Ok, this should be working. I frequently test (read: every other >> >>>>>>>>> day) >> >>>>>>>>> with the AR5416. But you're not the first person to report this >> >> bug. >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately when this happens, the interrupts aren't actually >> >>>>>>>>> making >> >>>>>>>>> it to the OS. >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> Can you check the output of vmstat -i whilst you're doing it? >> The >> >>>>>>>>> ath0 >> >>>>>>>>> counter should be increasing. >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> adrian >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 06:49, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>> Hello, >> >>>>>>>>>> I have a Thinkpad T60 with dual boot between Windows XP and >> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD >> >>>>>>>>>> 9.1-Release: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> uname -a >> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD T60.workgroup 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 >> >> r243826: >> >>>>>>>>>> Tue >> >>>>>>>>>> Dec >> >>>>>>>>>> 4 06:55:39 UTC 2012 >> >>>>>>>>>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC >> >>>>>>>>>> i386 >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> I am trying to use my wifi card which is: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> dmesg >> >>>>>>>>>> .... >> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17 at device >> >>>>>>>>>> 0.0 on >> >>>>>>>>>> pci3 >> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1 >> >>>>>>>>>> .... >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> pciconf -lv >> >>>>>>>>>> .... >> >>>>>>>>>> ath0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x0033168c >> >>>>>>>>>> chip=0x0024168c >> >>>>>>>>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >> >>>>>>>>>> vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' >> >>>>>>>>>> device = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter' >> >>>>>>>>>> class = network >> >>>>>>>>>> ..... >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> I followed several HOW-TOs in order to make it work. >> >> Unfortunately >> >>>>>>>>>> I it >> >>>>>>>>>> is >> >>>>>>>>>> working only after I reboot from my Windows installation >> >>>>>>>>>> (regardless of >> >>>>>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>>>>> position of the wifi switch on the front panel of the >> notebook). >> >>>>>>>>>> After >> >>>>>>>>>> restart from Windows everything is fine - the wifi associates >> >> with >> >>>>>>>>>> the >> >>>>>>>>>> AP >> >>>>>>>>>> and I can use it. If I reboot the system during the boot and >> >>>>>>>>>> afterwards >> >>>>>>>>>> I >> >>>>>>>>>> constantly get: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: device timeout >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> When I get the device status through ifconfig I can see that >> >> ath0 >> >>>>>>>>>> is >> >>>>>>>>>> associated but wlan0 is not associated. >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig ath0 >> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric >> >> 0 >> >>>>>>>>>> mtu >> >>>>>>>>>> 2290 >> >>>>>>>>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx >> >>>>>>>>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> >>>>>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode >> 11g >> >>>>>>>>>> status: associated >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0 >> >>>>>>>>>> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> >> >> metric 0 >> >>>>>>>>>> mtu >> >>>>>>>>>> 1500 >> >>>>>>>>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx >> >>>>>>>>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> >> >>>>>>>>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect >> >>>>>>>>>> (autoselect) >> >>>>>>>>>> status: no carrier >> >>>>>>>>>> ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g) >> >>>>>>>>>> regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON >> deftxkey >> >>>>>>>>>> UNDEF >> >>>>>>>>>> txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 >> >>>>>>>>>> bgscanidle >> >>>>>>>>>> 250 >> >>>>>>>>>> roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming >> >>>>>>>>>> MANUAL >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> In /var/log/messages I get: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Jun 8 16:39:16 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Trying to associate >> >> with >> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx (SSID='access1' freq=2432 MHz) >> >>>>>>>>>> Jun 8 16:39:20 PC kernel: ath0: device timeout >> >>>>>>>>>> Jun 8 16:39:26 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Authentication with >> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx timed out. >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> If I scan for wireless networks I get a list and my ap is in >> the >> >>>>>>>>>> list >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0 scan >> >>>>>>>>>> SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS >> >>>>>>>>>> net1 00:11:11:01:xx:xx 6 54M -68:-96 100 EP >> >>>>>>>>>> 5edf9c 70:71:bc:26:xx:xx 11 54M -68:-96 100 EP >> >> WPS >> >>>>>>>>>> WPA >> >>>>>>>>>> WME >> >>>>>>>>>> access1 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx 5 54M -66:-96 100 EP >> WPA >> >>>>>>>>>> HTCAP >> >>>>>>>>>> WME >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> In rc.local I have: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> wlans_ath0="wlan0" >> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> In wpa_supplicant I have: >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant >> >>>>>>>>>> eapol_version=2 >> >>>>>>>>>> ap_scan=1 >> >>>>>>>>>> fast_reauth=1 >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> network={ >> >>>>>>>>>> ssid="access1" >> >>>>>>>>>> psk="secret1" >> >>>>>>>>>> priority=5 >> >>>>>>>>>> } >> >>>>>>>>>> network={ >> >>>>>>>>>> ssid="access2" >> >>>>>>>>>> psk="secret2" >> >>>>>>>>>> priority=5 >> >>>>>>>>>> } >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> I searched the net for solution to my problem but I couldn't >> >> find >> >>>>>>>>>> one. >> >>>>>>>>>> Can >> >>>>>>>>>> you help me with this? >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Regards, >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Lyubomir >> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>>>>>>> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> >>>>>>>>>> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list >> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > >> >> >
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