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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:57:00 +0100
From:      Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexander Zagrebin <alex@zagrebin.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: if_run and wlan_amrr: kernel panics on 8.2-PRERELEASE amd64
Message-ID:  <201101191757.00538.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201101191240.16198.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
References:  <20110118102658.GA3211@gw.zagrebin.ru> <20110119112330.GD13844@gw.zagrebin.ru> <201101191240.16198.bschmidt@freebsd.org>

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On Wednesday 19 January 2011 12:40:15 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:23:30 Alexander Zagrebin wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > On 19.01.2011 09:37:12 +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > > > Case 2: wlan_amrr.ko loaded manually _after_ if_run.ko but before
> > > > creation of the wlan interface
> > > >
> > > >   stable/8:  panic on rate control
> > > >   rev217511: no panic, but rate control doesn't work; tx rate is
> > > >
> > > > fixed on 1 Mbit/s
> > >
> > > That sounds rather weird to me, I can't imagine how the module
> > > loading order should make any difference. Well, at least, before
> > > creating the VAP, because that is the point where that stuff gets
> > > initialized/used.
> >
> > It seems you're right. I couldn't reproduce it again.
> > May be I have missed anything. Sorry...
> 
> Ok, thanks.
> 
> > > Do you have anything configured in rc.conf maybe? That would create
> > > the VAP right after loading if_run.ko even before you are able to
> > > load wlan_amrr.ko.
> >
> > Yes, I have wlans_run0="wlan0" and create_args_wlan0=... in the
> > rc.conf, but while testing I've used `ifconfig wlan0 destroy` after
> > `kldload if_run`. May be it was mistyping...
> > Also I've noticed that messages like
> > "ieee80211_load_module: load the wlan_amrr module by hand for now."
> > has disappeared from the log. Is it normal?
> 
> That message only appears if wlan_amrr.ko isn't loaded while creating a
> VAP. If you do see the message if wlan_amrr.ko is loaded, that'd be a
> bug, also the other way around.
> 
> > So there is the one issue only: the panic if runfw.ko and
> > wlan_amrr.ko both loaded via loader.conf.
> > Have you any ideas?
> 
> No yet, I'll dig around there later today.

Hmm, I'm not able to reproduce this, works as expected. Is this still the same 
backtrace as the previous error?

> > Will be rev. 217511 MFC'd on the 20 january?
> 
> Yes, probably in the evening (CET).
> 

-- 
Bernhard



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