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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:51:23 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows
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Hi,

I'm sorry, I don't have the time to try and debug this issue. If I had a
T60 here that demonstrated this behaviour then I could try to fix it. But I
unfortunately don't; all my T60 hardware has intel wifi. :(

I can try putting an AR5418 in a T60 in a few weeks and see if it exhibits
this behaviour. But don't hold your breath.

Sorry :(



-adrian

On 15 July 2013 13:30, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Adrian,
> I tried with -HEAD liveCD as proposed by Vincent and ghostbsd live cd but
> the situation is the same. I feel like I am missing something. On one hand
> I can scan the wireless networks and the wifi card seems to be working. On
> the other hand I cannot attach as the ath device times out (which according
> to the ath man pages should not occur). I also tried to encrypt the psk
> phrase with pwa_passphrase but with no success either. I tested with Kali
> linux  live cd and the wireless was working fine. I also noticed that if I
> shutdown Windows and then start FreeBSD then the wifi also behaves the same
> way - ath0: device timed out. Only restart from Windows or restart from
> FreeBSD with working wifi can make the wifi work again.
> Do you have any other proposals?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lyubomir
>
>
> On 24 June 2013 23:39, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> As an easy test if you arent keen on making the leap just yet I'd
>> suggest getting a snapshot CD and just boot it as a liveCD to test.
>> either a snapshot
>> http://www.freebsd.org/snapshots/
>> or one of the daily builds from
>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/
>> (for example
>>
>> https://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/amd64-amd64/10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP/iso/FreeBSD-10.0-HEAD-r252115-JPSNAP-amd64-amd64-release.iso
>> )
>>
>> That said I run -CURRENT on my server at home (for the atheros driver)
>> and dont have any problems with it.
>>
>> Vince
>>
>>
>> On 24/06/2013 21:01, Lyubomir Yotov wrote:
>> > Hi Adrian,
>> >
>> > I will try to get -HEAD on my T60 and will report back.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Lyubomir
>> >
>> >
>> > On 24 June 2013 20:21, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Would you be willing to try a -HEAD snapshot on your laptop?
>> >>
>> >> Maybe I've fixed it as part of the other driver work that I've done as
>> >> part of development in -HEAD.
>> >>
>> >> But right now I really have no idea. I don't have a T60 here that has
>> >> that chip in it. If all the T60 BIOSes allow AR5418 NICs then I can
>> >> try it out, but all of the T60's I've played with thus far have the
>> >> intel hardware in it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Adrian
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 21 June 2013 02:02, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hello Adrian,
>> >>>
>> >>> Do you have any feedback on the matter?
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Lyubomir
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 13 June 2013 10:09, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> Hello Adrian,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I enabled acpi_ibm.ko but this didn't help and after "halt" the wifi
>> is
>> >>>> not working again.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Regards,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Lyubomir
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 13 June 2013 08:03, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> Hello Adrian,
>> >>>>> I did some tests and discovered that the problem is related to
>> >>>>> "halt"/"shutdown" of system. If "reboot" is carried out than there
>> is
>> >> no
>> >>>>> problem and the wifi works properly (even if done from Gnome - Gnome
>> >> seems
>> >>>>> to have no relation to the problem). So what could lead to "ath0:
>> time
>> >> out"
>> >>>>> after shutting down or halting the system? I noticed that there are
>> irq
>> >>>>> storms on irq 17 which is the wifi irq (interrupt storm detected on
>> >>>>> "irq17:"; throttling interrupt source). Something else that I am not
>> >> sure to
>> >>>>> have relevance - after shutdown during the start-up ath0 is reported
>> >> to use
>> >>>>> autoselect mode 11g:
>> >>>>> (below is from dmesg)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
>> mtu
>> >>>>> 2290
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>> >>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> >>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>> >>>>>         status: associated
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> After the boot has finished the mode changes to 11a:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> #ifconfig ath0
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
>> mtu
>> >>>>> 2290
>> >>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>> >>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> >>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
>> >>>>>         status: associated
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Do you have any idea where to look for now?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Lyubomir
>> >>>>> P.S. I will try to play with acpi_ibm.ko and see if things change
>> if I
>> >>>>> make it auto-load.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 10 June 2013 16:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Hello Adrian,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Attached are files with consecutive vmstat -i when the wlan is
>> working
>> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_working.txt) and when the wlan is not working
>> >>>>>> (vmstat-i_not_working.txt). There is also output from ifconfig when
>> >> the wlan
>> >>>>>> is not working (ifconfig.txt).
>> >>>>>> After some more deeper investigation it seems to me that the
>> problem
>> >>>>>> appears after starting X with Gnome. I will continue investigating
>> >> with
>> >>>>>> "reboot"/"halt -p" and inform you.
>> >>>>>> BTW do you think that starting Gnome session (using startx, as I
>> >> haven't
>> >>>>>> set auto start of X if this is of any importance) can cause
>> problems
>> >> - in
>> >>>>>> Gnome I have no settings for the network in the "System->Network"
>> >>>>>> application and I start it with normal user?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Lyubo
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 9 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>>> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> adrian
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> After restart from Windows and working wireless the number of
>> >>>>>>>> interrupts
>> >>>>>>>> increases and the rate increases. After next restart (the ath0
>> >> times
>> >>>>>>>> out)
>> >>>>>>>> the interrupts increase but the rate is going down.
>> >>>>>>>> I noticed that after restart from Windows and working wifi if I
>> >>>>>>>> restart
>> >>>>>>>> /etc/rc.d/netif the wifi is working again. If I shutdown wlan0
>> and
>> >>>>>>>> bring it
>> >>>>>>>> up again then I wlan0 doesn't get address but ath0 is not timing
>> >> out.
>> >>>>>>>> I can
>> >>>>>>>> still get a list with the available APs around.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Lyubo
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> Hm!
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Ok, this should be working. I frequently test (read: every other
>> >>>>>>>>> day)
>> >>>>>>>>> with the AR5416. But you're not the first person to report this
>> >> bug.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately when this happens, the interrupts aren't actually
>> >>>>>>>>> making
>> >>>>>>>>> it to the OS.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> Can you check the output of vmstat -i whilst you're doing it?
>> The
>> >>>>>>>>> ath0
>> >>>>>>>>> counter should be increasing.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> adrian
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> On 8 June 2013 06:49, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>> >>>>>>>>>> I have a Thinkpad T60 with dual boot between Windows XP and
>> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD
>> >>>>>>>>>> 9.1-Release:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> uname -a
>> >>>>>>>>>> FreeBSD T60.workgroup 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0
>> >> r243826:
>> >>>>>>>>>> Tue
>> >>>>>>>>>> Dec
>> >>>>>>>>>> 4 06:55:39 UTC 2012
>> >>>>>>>>>> root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>> >>>>>>>>>> i386
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I am trying to use my wifi card which is:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> dmesg
>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17 at device
>> >>>>>>>>>> 0.0 on
>> >>>>>>>>>> pci3
>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1
>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> pciconf -lv
>> >>>>>>>>>> ....
>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0@pci0:3:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x0033168c
>> >>>>>>>>>> chip=0x0024168c
>> >>>>>>>>>> rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>> >>>>>>>>>>     vendor     = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>> >>>>>>>>>>     device     = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter'
>> >>>>>>>>>>     class      = network
>> >>>>>>>>>> .....
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I followed several HOW-TOs in order to make it work.
>> >> Unfortunately
>> >>>>>>>>>> I it
>> >>>>>>>>>> is
>> >>>>>>>>>> working only after I reboot from my Windows installation
>> >>>>>>>>>> (regardless of
>> >>>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>> position of the wifi switch on the front panel of the
>> notebook).
>> >>>>>>>>>> After
>> >>>>>>>>>> restart from Windows everything is fine - the wifi associates
>> >> with
>> >>>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>> AP
>> >>>>>>>>>> and I can use it. If I reboot the system during the boot and
>> >>>>>>>>>> afterwards
>> >>>>>>>>>> I
>> >>>>>>>>>> constantly get:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: device timeout
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> When I get the device status through ifconfig I can see that
>> >> ath0
>> >>>>>>>>>> is
>> >>>>>>>>>> associated but wlan0 is not associated.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig ath0
>> >>>>>>>>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric
>> >> 0
>> >>>>>>>>>> mtu
>> >>>>>>>>>> 2290
>> >>>>>>>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>> >>>>>>>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> >>>>>>>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode
>> 11g
>> >>>>>>>>>>         status: associated
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0
>> >>>>>>>>>> wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>> >> metric 0
>> >>>>>>>>>> mtu
>> >>>>>>>>>> 1500
>> >>>>>>>>>>         ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>> >>>>>>>>>>         nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>> >>>>>>>>>>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>> >>>>>>>>>> (autoselect)
>> >>>>>>>>>>         status: no carrier
>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g)
>> >>>>>>>>>>         regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON
>> deftxkey
>> >>>>>>>>>> UNDEF
>> >>>>>>>>>>         txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
>> >>>>>>>>>> bgscanidle
>> >>>>>>>>>> 250
>> >>>>>>>>>>         roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming
>> >>>>>>>>>> MANUAL
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> In /var/log/messages I get:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:16 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Trying to associate
>> >> with
>> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx (SSID='access1' freq=2432 MHz)
>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:20 PC kernel: ath0: device timeout
>> >>>>>>>>>> Jun  8 16:39:26 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Authentication with
>> >>>>>>>>>> 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx timed out.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> If I scan for wireless networks I get a list and my ap is in
>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>> list
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig wlan0 scan
>> >>>>>>>>>> SSID/MESH ID    BSSID              CHAN RATE   S:N     INT CAPS
>> >>>>>>>>>> net1      00:11:11:01:xx:xx    6   54M -68:-96  100 EP
>> >>>>>>>>>> 5edf9c          70:71:bc:26:xx:xx   11   54M -68:-96  100 EP
>> >> WPS
>> >>>>>>>>>> WPA
>> >>>>>>>>>> WME
>> >>>>>>>>>> access1       54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx    5   54M -66:-96  100 EP
>> WPA
>> >>>>>>>>>> HTCAP
>> >>>>>>>>>> WME
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> In rc.local I have:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>> >>>>>>>>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> In wpa_supplicant I have:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>> >>>>>>>>>> eapol_version=2
>> >>>>>>>>>> ap_scan=1
>> >>>>>>>>>> fast_reauth=1
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> network={
>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid="access1"
>> >>>>>>>>>>         psk="secret1"
>> >>>>>>>>>>         priority=5
>> >>>>>>>>>> }
>> >>>>>>>>>> network={
>> >>>>>>>>>>         ssid="access2"
>> >>>>>>>>>>         psk="secret2"
>> >>>>>>>>>>         priority=5
>> >>>>>>>>>> }
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> I searched the net for solution to my problem but I couldn't
>> >> find
>> >>>>>>>>>> one.
>> >>>>>>>>>> Can
>> >>>>>>>>>> you help me with this?
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Lyubomir
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