From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 15:10:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC1791065801 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27DC8FC15 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1SFA0OU045395 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m1SFA0rM045394; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200802281510.m1SFA0rM045394@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Oliver Herold Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94772106566B for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:01:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CDE78FC18 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:01:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1SEwWhj029611 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:58:32 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m1SEwWcB029610; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:58:32 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200802281458.m1SEwWcB029610@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:58:32 GMT From: Oliver Herold To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/121174: if_ral loses performance in FreeBSD 7 (RELENG_7) X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:01 -0000 >Number: 121174 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: if_ral loses performance in FreeBSD 7 (RELENG_7) >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 28 15:10:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Oliver Herold >Release: FreeBSD 7 stable >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD olymp.home 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Feb 26 22:49:53 CET 2008 root@olymp.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OLYMP i386 >Description: Within some hours of use the wifi device drops the performance until just 10-20kb/s. I'm using WPA but using it without any encryption doesn't change anything. At the same time it is possible to use an Atheros device (FreeBSD 7 stable box too) without any drawbacks. I'm able to regain performance if I restart the network, but sometimes I have to shutdown the computer first. The card: cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0x0 ral0: mem 0x88000000-0x88007fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ral0: MAC/BBP RT2661B, RF RT2529 (MIMO XR) ral0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:2e:94:cf:4c ral0: [ITHREAD] Vendor Edimax, IEEE 802.11g MIMO cardbus, model EW-7608PG >How-To-Repeat: Just surf 1-2h and the performance will drop until almost nothing. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: