Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:09:28 +0800 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: "Jose Amengual M" <pepe@rdc.cl> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 8.0 ath, Soekris 4511, tinybsd, IRQ storm. More Updates Message-ID: <2fd864e0806070509p675c6c9au576cc490dc24350f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <0767F24B-E715-4D2D-B56B-FE6ECCBA1C30@rdc.cl> References: <55AD3F1F-5485-4941-912D-A2751EE776F1@rdc.cl> <A0EA23D9-44BB-42D4-AB08-3D6598D493A4@rdc.cl> <0767F24B-E715-4D2D-B56B-FE6ECCBA1C30@rdc.cl>
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For what its worth, I have 2 Acer laptops with the same ath cards, without a problem. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Jose Amengual M <pepe@rdc.cl> wrote: > Hi. > > Today I was testing Again the ATH card with the same motherboard but in > FreeBSD 7.0. > > I get exactly the same problem of the irq storm but at least I can use the > card after change : > > sysctl hw.intr_storm_threshold=10000 ( or more) > > But if you try to do anything with the wireless card the console or ssh or > telnet hang up until the transmission is finish, after you finish playing > with the wireless card everything is back to normal, so definitely a high > storm_threshold is not the solution. > > I will try the same wireless card in a Acer Laptop with freebsd 7.0 and 8 > and I will update the results. > > We want to use FreeBSD for more than 100 Radios, so this could be a enormous > Live-Lab :) > > Thanks in advance. > > > On 2-Jun-08, at 10:47 PM, Jose Amengual M wrote: > >> I'm the only one with this problem ? >> >> Any help ? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> On 26-May-08, at 12:43 PM, Jose Amengual M wrote: >> >>> Hi guys. >>> >>> I'm working with FreeBSD 8.0 current using tinybsd to make a image for my >>> Soekris 4511 box. >>> >>> The build image is ok and the system boot up perfect, It detect all the >>> network cards includin the ath0 that is a 400 mw NMP-8602 PLUS. >>> >>> In the moment that I do : >>> >>> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 >>> ifconfig wlan up >>> >>> I'm reciving this : >>> >>> interrupt storm detected on "irq11:"; throttling interrupt source >>> >>> and is only when I take up the wlan0 interface, if I don't do anything >>> with the ath0 card, the system works perfect. >>> >>> I search in the net for an info and I found a lot of information about >>> how to build FreeBSD in Soekris boxes, kernel conf files, etc, but nothing >>> about this caind of problem in version 8.0. >>> >>> My vmstat -i is : >>> >>> tinybsd# vmstat -i >>> interrupt total rate >>> irq0: clk 170695 490 >>> irq4: sio0 1993 5 >>> irq8: rtc 43697 125 >>> irq9: sis1 392 1 >>> irq11: ath0 32626 93 >>> irq14: ata0 16261 46 >>> Total 265664 763 >>> >>> my pciconf -lv is : >>> >>> tinybsd# pciconf -lv >>> hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x30001022 >>> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 >>> class = bridge >>> subclass = HOST-PCI >>> cbb0@pci0:0:9:0: class=0x060700 card=0x00000000 chip=0xac50104c >>> rev=0x02 hdr=0x02 >>> class = bridge >>> subclass = PCI-CardBus >>> ath0@pci0:0:16:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2062168c chip=0x001b168c >>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>> class = network >>> subclass = ethernet >>> sis0@pci0:0:18:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0020100b chip=0x0020100b >>> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 >>> class = network >>> subclass = ethernet >>> sis1@pci0:0:19:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0020100b chip=0x0020100b >>> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 >>> class = network >>> subclass = ethernet >>> >>> >>> My dmesg with ath part : >>> >>> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xa0010000-0xa001ffff irq 11 at device 16.0 on >>> pci0 >>> ath0: [ITHREAD] >>> ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface >>> ath0: mac 10.5 phy 6.1 radio 6.3 >>> sis0: <NatSemi DP8381[56] 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe100-0xe1ff mem >>> 0xa0020000-0xa0020fff irq 5 at device 18.0 on pci0 >>> sis0: Silicon Revision: DP83816A >>> >>> >>> I can send more information if is needed. >>> >>> I already change the wireless card ( I have for of the same) and the >>> matherboard, I upgrade the bios of the Soekris board to 1.38. >>> >>> Any ideas about the irq storm ? >>> >>> any special configurations ? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Jose Amengual. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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" >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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