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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:31:20 -0800
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To:        arcade@b1t.name
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Atheros 9220 - losing connectivity
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmone7PaZnpCsq-pR5kRiiTmRYB836-gGKDeW1TndvMV6tA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <421db909-9c41-15bf-5ee1-b91311185321@b1t.name>
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Hi!

11-stable to 12-stable shouldn't have resulted in a regression?
interesting, okay. Which devices are they?


-adrian


On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 12:56, Volodymyr Kostyrko <arcade@b1t.name> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm not quite sure what happens so I'll just dump here what I have in
> mind so it would be easier to sort out later.
>
> I upgraded from 11-STABLE to 12-STABLE and my card is now working in HT
> mode. And that is nice. Currnently it's detected as:
>
> ath0@pci0:4:5:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x2093168c chip=0x0029168c
> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>      vendor     = 'Qualcomm Atheros'
>      device     = 'AR922X Wireless Network Adapter'
>      class      = network
>
> ath0: <Atheros 9220> mem 0xfebf0000-0xfebfffff irq 20 at device 5.0 on pci4
> ath0: [HT] enabling HT modes
> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC receive enabled
> ath0: [HT] 1 stream STBC transmit enabled
> ath0: [HT] 2 RX streams; 2 TX streams
> ath0: Enabling register serialisation
> ath0: AR9220 mac 128.2 RF5133 phy 13.0
> ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x00c0
>
> # ifconfig wlan1 list chan
> Channel   1 : 2412  MHz 11g ht       Channel   8 : 2447  MHz 11g ht
> Channel   2 : 2417  MHz 11g ht       Channel   9 : 2452  MHz 11g ht
> Channel   3 : 2422  MHz 11g ht       Channel  10 : 2457  MHz 11g ht
> Channel   4 : 2427  MHz 11g ht       Channel  11 : 2462  MHz 11g ht
> Channel   5 : 2432  MHz 11g ht       Channel  12 : 2467* MHz 11g ht
> Channel   6 : 2437  MHz 11g ht       Channel  13 : 2472* MHz 11g ht
> Channel   7 : 2442  MHz 11g ht
>
> Debug enabled:
> dev.ath.0.hal.force_full_reset=1
> dev.ath.0.hal.debug=1
>
> Everyting I see in logs is:
> Nov 15 19:45:54 limbo kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> Nov 15 19:45:57 limbo kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> Nov 15 19:46:04 limbo kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
>
> Though this happens all the time.
>
> What changed after going to 12-STABLE:
>
> 1. HT works.
> 2. Devices are losing connection constantly.
>
> Sometimes devices are getting back on the network by themself. Sometimes
> this requires interface down/up. That's so fast so that tcp connections
> are staying intact. But sometimes putting server interface down/up is
> required so the others can talk to it. On the other host I see interface
> trying different channels, then hitting correct one, waiting a little
> and going back to trying other channels. On correct channel it shows
> status: no carrier, just sits there longer.
>
> It also looks like some devices have a good connection while others are
> losing connection. There's one device that never gets off.
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>
> --
> Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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