Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:37:54 -0800 (PST) From: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard hangs running 6-current. Message-ID: <200502220537.j1M5bsB3057019@realtime.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <421ABB04.3030301@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler wrote: > Other than a busted card the only thing I can think of is you're getting > an interrupt storm from the MIB counters. If so try disabling > HAL_INT_MIB in the driver. The easiest way to do that is probably to > force sc_needmib to 0 in ath_attach by disabling the following code: > > /* > * Check if the device has hardware counters for PHY > * errors. If so we need to enable the MIB interrupt > * so we can act on stat triggers. > */ > if (ath_hal_hwphycounters(ah)) > sc->sc_needmib = 1; > > If your problem does not go away then I can only suggest trying another > card. FWIW I haven't seen this. Sigh. Okay, thanks, Sam. I was afraid it might be hardware, although I have no idea how the card could have become busted. I do have another card lying around, not an Atheros, but I'll drop it in and see if that changes things. First, though, I'll try your hack. -- Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/
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