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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:47:45 +0400
From:      Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru>
To:        Gennady Proskurin <gprspb@mail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r251741 - head/sys/contrib/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar9300
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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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