Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:11:42 +0400 From: Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r251741 - head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300 Message-ID: <20130623141142.GA965@gpr.nnz-home.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=Bvku-ZhFkoDZOT0iwSirpSek79nWiM%2BQsxPryVU4frA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130619082855.GC985@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <CAJ-Vmo=TmHyFYF94nxAVaaNLr3txFPDqQDFryoA0K0HF0MW5PA@mail.gmail.com> <20130619091310.GD985@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <CAJ-VmoknieN-rj-sgdbgUJpFyPfcxBHUkGpfpPLxw98Bi0NsJA@mail.gmail.com> <20130620072418.GA987@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <20130620144834.GA913@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <CAJ-Vmo=K_abTuOY1pNrPSkd879J3YUOr7xm8c2SWvqxPbwhPAA@mail.gmail.com> <20130621103812.GA3683@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <20130622154745.GA1407@gpr.nnz-home.ru> <CAJ-Vmo=Bvku-ZhFkoDZOT0iwSirpSek79nWiM%2BQsxPryVU4frA@mail.gmail.com>
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It works with any channel except 1 (I tested 1-6).
channel 1 - "stuck beacon" and so on, all the symptoms I wrote about
channel 2-6 - no "stuck beacon" messages, and it just works
I don't understand what the channels are, I think it somehow connected with
frequency. I just googled about this workaround and it works for me.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 09:58:44AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Interesting. So it was finding other channels and those were the problem?
>
> If you set a channel to something else (say, 4), what happens?
>
>
>
>
> adrian
>
> On 22 June 2013 08:47, Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> wrote:
> > I added "channel 6" to wlan ifconfig, and now all works (with fresh HEAD r252061)
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 02:38:12PM +0400, Gennady Proskurin wrote:
> >> I recompiled and rebooted kernel and all modules to r250662 (last revision
> >> before r250665). This is remote host, I cannot tell whether wifi actually works
> >> or not, but I see no changes - high system load (~30%) and a lot of "stuck
> >> beacon" messages. I think it doesn't work.
> >>
> >> I do not understand what you mean by trying r250665, I tried r251541 (which
> >> includes r250665 changes), it does not work.
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:33:28PM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> > Well, try rebooting with -HEAD a few times.
> >> >
> >> > Also, try r250665 (my first set of patches that enabled better ps-poll
> >> > support) and r250664 (the revision beforehand.) See if you can
> >> > reproduce the issues with that.
> >> >
> >> > I have a sneaking suspicion that doing more aggressive power save
> >> > handling in hostap mode is causing issues but I haven't yet narrowed
> >> > it down.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > adrian
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 20 June 2013 07:48, Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> wrote:
> >> > > I reverted kernel and world to r251541 and card does not work. So, bug is not
> >> > > caused by source changes.
> >> > >
> >> > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:24:18AM +0400, Gennady Proskurin wrote:
> >> > >> I have strange results. Finally, I reverted kernel and all the modules to old
> >> > >> "working" revision r251541 (just renamed kernel.old to kernel), and my ath card
> >> > >> does not work. All userspace world is from r251945.
> >> > >> I see the same errors "ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)".
> >> > >>
> >> > >> I doubt it has something to do with changes after r251541, may be my card has
> >> > >> some problems. I remember, a few months ago, when I installed it, it had the
> >> > >> same problems, which were magically solved after few reboots and upgrades, then
> >> > >> my card worked without problems for a few months, surviving weekly upgrades and
> >> > >> reboots.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Now I recompiling world back to r251541 to be completely sure that it has
> >> > >> nothing to do with source changes.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> CPU usage from top follows:
> >> > >> CPU: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 35.4% system, 0.0% interrupt, 64.6% idle
> >> > >> 0 root -92 0 0K 2496K - 3:11 34.28% kernel{ath0 taskq}
> >> > >> 11 root -92 - 0K 288K WAIT 0:00 0.00% intr{irq19: ath0}
> >> > >> 0 root -92 0 0K 2496K - 0:00 0.00% kernel{ath0 net80211 ta}
> >> > >>
> >> > >> As you see almost all system load is ath0 taskq
> >> > >>
> >> > >> May be my card is somewhat "broken", or require some magic in driver, but
> >> > >> sometimes it can work reliably, and I'll be glad to participate in debugging
> >> > >> this case.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 08:49:10AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> > >> > Hi!
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I'd rather you recompile the whole kernel, in case it's actually a
> >> > >> > problem elsewhere.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Thanks,
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > adrian
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > On 19 June 2013 02:13, Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> wrote:
> >> > >> > > I filled pr kern/179709
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > I'll try to bisect repo in r251541-r251945 interval and try different revisions
> >> > >> > > to narrow down a problem when I have time. I hope, tomorrow I'll have some
> >> > >> > > results.
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > Is it sufficient to just recompile kernel, if_ath and if_ath_pci modules?
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > % kldstat | egrep 'ath|wlan'
> >> > >> > > 11 1 0xffffffff80e12000 d07 if_ath_pci.ko
> >> > >> > > 12 6 0xffffffff80e13000 37059 wlan.ko
> >> > >> > > 13 1 0xffffffff80e4b000 c9b85 if_ath.ko
> >> > >> > > 16 1 0xffffffff80f3c000 23b wlan_xauth.ko
> >> > >> > > 17 1 0xffffffff80f3d000 e7b wlan_wep.ko
> >> > >> > > 18 1 0xffffffff80f3e000 1def wlan_tkip.ko
> >> > >> > > 19 1 0xffffffff80f40000 4b8d wlan_ccmp.ko
> >> > >> > >
> >> > >> > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 01:35:58AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> > >> > >> Hi,
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> 251541 is recent, AND it's _after_ the power save queue changes.
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> The only revisions that are changes to sys/dev/ath are:
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> r251606
> >> > >> > >> r251643
> >> > >> > >> r251655
> >> > >> > >> r251656
> >> > >> > >> r251730
> >> > >> > >> r251742
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> .. and these are all bluetooth coexistence changes for _another_ chip.
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> Can you try these and see which work and which don't?
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> The other thing to keep in mind - it may be an issue somewhere else in
> >> > >> > >> the kernel rather than a sys/dev/ath driver issue. But let's narrow it
> >> > >> > >> down to the above list first, then we can try narrowing it down
> >> > >> > >> further.
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> Thanks!
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> adrian
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >>
> >> > >> > >> On 19 June 2013 01:28, Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> wrote:
> >> > >> > >> > Previous working revision was r251541
> >> > >> > >> > So:
> >> > >> > >> > r251541 works
> >> > >> > >> > r251945 does not work
> >> > >> > >> >
> >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 01:07:04AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> > >> > >> >> Hi!
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> Great! It looks like you definitely hit this more often than i do!
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> Can you tell me which revision @ 8 june you were at? or go back to
> >> > >> > >> >> something on 8-june, verify it works, then tell me which revision?
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> Let's fix this ASAP!
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> Thanks!
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> adrian
> >> > >> > >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> On 19 June 2013 00:28, Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru> wrote:
> >> > >> > >> >> > Replying to random ath commit.
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > Now my ath wireless device does not work. It was broken some time after 8 Jun
> >> > >> > >> >> > (after my last update at 8 Jun it worked, now after today's update to r251945
> >> > >> > >> >> > it does not).
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > It spams log and console with messages:
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:04:27 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:04:58 gpr last message repeated 101 times
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:42 gpr last message repeated 143 times
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:42 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_raw_xmit: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; bailing
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:42 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:47 gpr last message repeated 11 times
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:47 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_raw_xmit: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; bailing
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:47 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_raw_xmit: sc_inreset_cnt > 0; bailing
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:47 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:05:53 gpr last message repeated 19 times
> >> > >> > >> >> > ...
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:20 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:21 gpr last message repeated 4 times
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:22 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_tx_should_swq_frame: f0:4f:7c:fc:b3:22: Node is asleep; sending mgmt (type=0, subtype=176)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:22 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_tx_should_swq_frame: f0:4f:7c:fc:b3:22: Node is asleep; sending mgmt (type=0, subtype=176)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:22 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:23 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:23 gpr kernel: ath0: ath_tx_node_wakeup: an=0xffffff8002322000: node was already awake
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:24 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:06:25 gpr kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4)
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > # uname -a
> >> > >> > >> >> > FreeBSD gpr.nnz-home.ru 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r251945+1330981:
> >> > >> > >> >> > Wed Jun 19 08:09:32 MSK 2013
> >> > >> > >> >> > gpr@gpr.nnz-home.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/freebsd-head/sys/GPR amd64
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > Boot log device info:
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:04:18 gpr kernel: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xfbdf0000-0xfbdfffff irq 19 at device 10.0 on pci0
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:04:18 gpr kernel: ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5
> >> > >> > >> >> > Jun 19 10:04:18 gpr kernel: ath0: 2GHz radio: 0x0000; 5GHz radio: 0x0056
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > # pciconf -lv
> >> > >> > >> >> > ath0@pci0:0:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2051168c chip=0x0013168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> >> > >> > >> >> > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
> >> > >> > >> >> > device = 'AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter'
> >> > >> > >> >> > class = network
> >> > >> > >> >> > subclass = ethernet
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > # rc.conf
> >> > >> > >> >> > wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> >> > >> > >> >> > create_args_wlan0="wlandev ath0 wlanmode hostap"
> >> > >> > >> >> > ifconfig_wlan0="10.X.X.X/24"
> >> > >> > >> >> > hostapd_enable="YES"
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > I can do additional tests or submit more info, if necessary.
> >> > >> > >> >> >
> >> > >> > >> >> > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 08:15:28AM +0000, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >> > >> > >> >> >> Author: adrian
> >> > >> > >> >> >> Date: Fri Jun 14 08:15:28 2013
> >> > >> > >> >> >> New Revision: 251741
> >> > >> > >> >> >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/251741
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> Log:
> >> > >> > >> >> >> The AR9300 HAL uses this config to program AR_PHY_SWITCH_COM_2 on AR9485
> >> > >> > >> >> >> NICs which have bluetooth coexistence enabled.
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> The WB225 NIC has the common antenna switch configuration set to 0x0 which
> >> > >> > >> >> >> disables all external switch bit setting. This obviously won't work when
> >> > >> > >> >> >> doing coexistence.
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> This value is a magic value from the windows .inf files. It _looks_ right
> >> > >> > >> >> >> but I haven't yet verified it - unfortunately my AR9285+AR3012 BT combo
> >> > >> > >> >> >> has an earlier BT device which doesn't actually _have_ firmware on it.
> >> > >> > >> >> >> So I have to fix ath3kfw to handle loading in firmware into the newer
> >> > >> > >> >> >> NICs before I can finish testing this.
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> This may not hold true for CUS198, which is another custom AR9485 board.
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> Modified:
> >> > >> > >> >> >> head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_freebsd.c
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> Modified: head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_freebsd.c
> >> > >> > >> >> >> ==============================================================================
> >> > >> > >> >> >> --- head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_freebsd.c Fri Jun 14 08:13:21 2013 (r251740)
> >> > >> > >> >> >> +++ head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300/ar9300_freebsd.c Fri Jun 14 08:15:28 2013 (r251741)
> >> > >> > >> >> >> @@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ ar9300_attach_freebsd_ops(struct ath_hal
> >> > >> > >> >> >> /* LNA diversity functions */
> >> > >> > >> >> >> ah->ah_divLnaConfGet = ar9300_ant_div_comb_get_config;
> >> > >> > >> >> >> ah->ah_divLnaConfSet = ar9300_ant_div_comb_set_config;
> >> > >> > >> >> >> +
> >> > >> > >> >> >> + /* Setup HAL configuration defaults */
> >> > >> > >> >> >> + ah->ah_config.ath_hal_ant_ctrl_comm2g_switch_enable = 0x000bbb88;
> >> > >> > >> >> >> }
> >> > >> > >> >> >>
> >> > >> > >> >> >> HAL_BOOL
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