From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 22:26:49 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 E3AD01065672 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:26:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bschmidt@techwires.net) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74BCB8FC1A for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:26:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so2034898bwz.13 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.15.83 with SMTP id j19mr2434796bka.105.1293402407856; Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:26:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from julie.lab.techwires.net (dslb-094-217-135-235.pools.arcor-ip.net [94.217.135.235]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v1sm7251819bkt.5.2010.12.26.14.26.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:26:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: Bernhard Schmidt From: Bernhard Schmidt To: Steve Kargl Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:25:05 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-RELEASE; KDE/4.5.4; amd64; ; ) References: <20101226195556.GA45505@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4D17B714.6040106@gthcfoundation.org> <20101226213958.GA46129@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20101226213958.GA46129@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201012262325.05784.bschmidt@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Etienne Robillard Subject: Re: wlan/wpi are more broken than 3 weeks. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 22:26:50 -0000 On Sunday 26 December 2010 22:39:58 Steve Kargl wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 04:43:48PM -0500, Etienne Robillard wrote: > > 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 07:58:27 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 ? > > Yes. How about providing the info I asked for last time? Now that you have build the necessary options into the kernel you should be able to run with wlandebug 0xffffffff enabled. > > 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.. > > It's a nic builtin into a Dell D530 laptop. > > laptop:kargl[202] dmesg | grep wpi > wpi0: mem 0xfe8ff000-0xfe8fffff irqi > 17 at device 0.0 on pci12 > > I just backed out revision 214894 to test whether this is the > problematic commit. > > http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/wpi/if_wpi.c?view=log -- Bernhard