Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:24:35 +0204 From: Johann Hugo <jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ath - clients with weak signals not working after upgrade to FreeBSD 11.0 Message-ID: <1495468.yhTHqENs3S@jeep> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmomyhqNOPfzRiA63dTmPJxhy-AAyhghRm=X==2mHE-AVrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <5520556.ca3p8qHkHk@jeep> <2355251.gdJNgdnIzD@jeep> <CAJ-VmomyhqNOPfzRiA63dTmPJxhy-AAyhghRm=X==2mHE-AVrg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi
Is it possible to disable ANI ?
How should we go about to narrow down the problem ?
--------------------------------------------
FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT (Looks like crcerr is not updating)
mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
2994 248 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 44
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
54M
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 43
36M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
36M
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
36M
10 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 44
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
12 2 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 43
12M
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
3230 272 0 0 66 7 0 0 0 44
9M
12 2 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 43
24M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
24M
12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
54M
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
3460 290 0 0 79 8 0 0 0 44
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
54M
12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
54M
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
54M
-----------------------------------------
FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
1315335 48744 431 0 10204 865 630698 0 0 27
12M
38 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 21
12M
34 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 24
12M
28 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 27
12M
44 8 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 23
12M
43 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23
12M
33 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 27
12M
36 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 22
12M
30 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 26
12M
42 5 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 23
12M
34 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23
12M
32 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 23
12M
31 3 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 25
12M
27 1 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 29
54M
40 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 23
54M
40 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 21
54M
37 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 24
54M
34 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 26
54M
44 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 24
54M
60 1 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 24
54M
41 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 24
54M
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
1316118 48780 431 0 10206 865 630996 0 0 23
54M
39 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 21
54M
42 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 22
6M
36 2 0 0 2 0 15 0 0 21
6M
41 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23
6M
34 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 26
6M
30 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 26
6M
36 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 22
6M
45 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26
6M
38 3 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 21
6M
38 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 25
6M
36 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 20
6M
27 2 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 24
6M
39 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 21
6M
40 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 23
6M
38 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 24
6M
35 3 0 0 6 1 18 0 0 23
6M
34 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 22
6M
48 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 24
6M
35 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 24
6M
34 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 20
6M
input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi
rate
1316889 48805 431 0 10216 866 631303 0 0 27
6M
41 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 24
6M
28 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 24
6M
36 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 23
6M
27 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 25
6M
26 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 28
6M
20 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 29
6M
40 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 27
6M
On Thursday 31 July 2014 16:01:56 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 31 July 2014 14:56, Johann Hugo <jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
> > On Thursday 31 July 2014 14:29:55 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Yeah, run athstats 1 on both to see what kind of difference(s) there
> >
> >> are in transmit/receive statistics.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> I wonder if it's changes in the ANI code.
> >
> >
> >
> > Forgot to mention that I only see the problem on cards with an Atheros
9220
> > chipset and not on older ones with an Atheros 5413 chipset.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Right, but the main changes to the ANI code occured with the 11n HAL,
> not with the pre-11n chips.
>
> There's also changes to the initval arrays used in chip
> initailisation. That may have changed things.
>
>
> -a
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Subject: Re: Ath - clients with weak signals not working after upgrade to
FreeBSD 11.0
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To: Johann Hugo <jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za>
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Well, step #1 would be to run the freebsd-9 ath(4) driver in the later
freebsd version. If you're able to shoehorn that in, let's see if
that's the case.
-a
On 1 August 2014 02:20, Johann Hugo <jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> Is it possible to disable ANI ?
>
>
>
> How should we go about to narrow down the problem ?
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT (Looks like crcerr is not updating)
>
>
>
> mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 2994 248 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 54M
>
> 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 43 36M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 36M
>
> 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 36M
>
> 10 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 12 2 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 43 12M
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 3230 272 0 0 66 7 0 0 0 44 9M
>
> 12 2 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 43 24M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 24M
>
> 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 54M
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 3460 290 0 0 79 8 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 54M
>
> 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
> 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 54M
>
> 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 54M
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
>
>
> FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
>
>
>
> mesh-6c9a:~ # athstats -i ath1 anistats -o ani 1
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 1315335 48744 431 0 10204 865 630698 0 0 27 12M
>
> 38 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 21 12M
>
> 34 1 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 24 12M
>
> 28 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 27 12M
>
> 44 8 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 23 12M
>
> 43 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23 12M
>
> 33 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 27 12M
>
> 36 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 22 12M
>
> 30 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 26 12M
>
> 42 5 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 23 12M
>
> 34 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23 12M
>
> 32 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 23 12M
>
> 31 3 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 25 12M
>
> 27 1 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 29 54M
>
> 40 2 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 23 54M
>
> 40 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 21 54M
>
> 37 2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 24 54M
>
> 34 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 26 54M
>
> 44 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 24 54M
>
> 60 1 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 24 54M
>
> 41 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 24 54M
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 1316118 48780 431 0 10206 865 630996 0 0 23 54M
>
> 39 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 21 54M
>
> 42 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 22 6M
>
> 36 2 0 0 2 0 15 0 0 21 6M
>
> 41 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 23 6M
>
> 34 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 26 6M
>
> 30 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 26 6M
>
> 36 3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 22 6M
>
> 45 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 6M
>
> 38 3 0 0 2 0 18 0 0 21 6M
>
> 38 1 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 25 6M
>
> 36 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 20 6M
>
> 27 2 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 24 6M
>
> 39 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 21 6M
>
> 40 2 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 23 6M
>
> 38 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 24 6M
>
> 35 3 0 0 6 1 18 0 0 23 6M
>
> 34 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 22 6M
>
> 48 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 24 6M
>
> 35 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 24 6M
>
> 34 2 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 20 6M
>
> input output altrate short long xretry crcerr crypt phyerr rssi rate
>
> 1316889 48805 431 0 10216 866 631303 0 0 27 6M
>
> 41 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 24 6M
>
> 28 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 24 6M
>
> 36 3 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 23 6M
>
> 27 1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 25 6M
>
> 26 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 28 6M
>
> 20 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 29 6M
>
> 40 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 27 6M
>
>
>
> On Thursday 31 July 2014 16:01:56 Adrian Chadd wrote:
>
>> On 31 July 2014 14:56, Johann Hugo <jhugo@meraka.csir.co.za> wrote:
>
>> > On Thursday 31 July 2014 14:29:55 Adrian Chadd wrote:
>
>> >
>
>> >> Hi,
>
>> >
>
>> >>
>
>> >
>
>> >> Yeah, run athstats 1 on both to see what kind of difference(s) there
>
>> >
>
>> >> are in transmit/receive statistics.
>
>> >
>
>> >>
>
>> >
>
>> >> I wonder if it's changes in the ANI code.
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > Forgot to mention that I only see the problem on cards with an Atheros
>> > 9220
>
>> > chipset and not on older ones with an Atheros 5413 chipset.
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>> >
>
>>
>
>> Right, but the main changes to the ANI code occured with the 11n HAL,
>
>> not with the pre-11n chips.
>
>>
>
>> There's also changes to the initval arrays used in chip
>
>> initailisation. That may have changed things.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> -a
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