From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 19 12:17:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026FB106568F for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870FF8FC12 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so900380ewy.3 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:17:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CgVYbQAt3Y7sNoV15zKhN+RNT1vAEaxC6wTShEm06C0=; b=iooqIXIt3zc8MGdqevwPYda7ggT3pwI+CvqMBzNFTWWL6XBA7vPoOuMJtSxUnRN7z3 EAtmadhAT7L0eab+p7ID6JcwUKqwqazSBi3XHrzWsaC+Zj6mH0rgWZVx1ELuDJZwT7ie kECxi+FcGDWhPsu3q/k2PhC+lXJpBw5THc08o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=PPVIXQMDWkqnnI7aKj7evi0jf/QOrL6IovsMxY6+ivHymKF154GX8jT2dmI0SlYcbG NDjT0qmhrPNt3xQ0Oh44jg0voC3i3uWcW7zgxM1I6xobq1c0/N7aBjkqYxcKXGuYDpZR hGX8ku5RTzzzeyaDvfmtZTBLwupsWcj5RC8go= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.1.23 with SMTP id 23mr2922921ebd.98.1263903470372; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:17:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100118205326.54143464@gmail.com> References: <20100106103504.51cc1428@gmail.com> <3a142e751001171430t613e015nd3f660437fd9aa9c@mail.gmail.com> <20100117191701.2a308ae0@gmail.com> <3a142e751001171859k39b20885y3b15a3bc5ac2c225@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e751001171900l1b341b78o409734bc744f30a8@mail.gmail.com> <20100118090840.52be92e3@gmail.com> <3a142e751001180823i2e891017u4cb0111a1a8ee6be@mail.gmail.com> <20100118114000.15dcd17c@gmail.com> <3a142e751001181334t4e48a21bk499df4b4edccd73e@mail.gmail.com> <20100118205326.54143464@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:49 +0000 Message-ID: <3a142e751001190417gff6c3a9l8458894cc73898f1@mail.gmail.com> From: Paul B Mahol To: Alex Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless problems on 8.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:17:53 -0000 On 1/19/10, Alex wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:34:27 +0000 > Paul B Mahol wrote: > >> On 1/18/10, Alex wrote: >> > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:23:56 +0000 >> > Paul B Mahol wrote: >> > >> >> On 1/18/10, Alex wrote: >> >> > The module is loaded at boot time in loader.conf, but I think >> >> > this is the message you were looking for: >> >> > >> >> > ntoskrnl dummy called... >> >> >> >> I was looking for: >> >> >> >> no match for IoWMIQueryAllData >> >> no match for IoWMIOpenBlock >> >> >> >> Does message appears only when uploading >> >> or just always, after boot is completed >> >> but before interface is turned up (via ifconfig) >> >> >> > >> > I've never seen those messages in the dmesg output. Strangely, the >> > only method by which I can successfully upload large files is scp. >> >> Here is my test results (another driver/card combination): >> With opera and gmail, upload "stuck" at ~32kb but rtorrent and sftp >> uploads just fine. Upload of 1.3M file in opera stuck at few kb but >> it was complete after >> few seconds. >> >> >> You said that 7.2 doesnt have this problem, >> >> are you using same SYS and INF files with 8.0 ? >> >> >> > >> > No, because Lenovo released updates for the driver. Both the older >> > version of the driver (the one I used on 7.2) and the newest >> > version of the driver produce the same problems on 8.0. If you >> > want, I can upload the older version of the driver too. >> >> Try to remove line with OID_GEN_CURRENT_LOOKAHEAD >> in /sys/dev/if_ndis.c, rebuild and reinstall if_ndis module and see >> if that helps. >> > > /sys/dev/if_ndis.c does not exist, however /sys/dev/if_ndis/if_ndis.c > does exist. I have commented out the line and executed: > > make buildkernel > make installkernel > > but it did not seem to fix the problem (I don't use modules -- I only > compile in what I need). > >> Why are you have tso disabled, does it works with tso enabled? >> Are there any other custom sysctl options? >> > > If I recall correctly, someone on IRC recommended I try disabling that. > Changing this setting had no effect -- the problem existed either way. > It is enabled now. No other sysctl options are in effect. > >> What is signal strength of the AP? And current link speed? (this one >> is available only on CURRENT and from my git repo code) > > SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS > skynet 00:28:10:00:28:10 6 54M -71:-96 100 EP > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/36Mbps mode 11g That one is just after association, code from CURRENT have fixed this. Does lowering mtu of wlan0 interface to 1400 helps? Speaking about "ntoskrnl dummy called..." Try to change return value of IoWMIRegistrationControl, in /sys/compat/ndis/subr_ntoskrnl.c , from STATUS_SUCCESS to STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED and recompile/reinstall kernel. -- Paul B Mahol