Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:39:03 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> 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 Message-ID: <51C8AE67.7040801@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAHUyByScctyPUwK%2B693b7QAWw=iDAVxo9v9kRMNKrvfCi9t=kA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHUyByT1NuNNWmRnqeR-QqfHB=Gm9ffs_fEEX9XP8gidVUk-Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonT6S%2BkW6uJwtsBEVjqSYoC7Bm5zqTzNPf2QcMUJ1f-9A@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByQAKaM5mScGYquousRbKLBnJn1PJaQ9inOc=gfn=LMe3w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-Vmonk45yeQ%2BBpXdnb7O=upB1srvr3zHGQgEztxXNTi4x-7Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRxi0GWU__3bp%2BHtwjkoJE2fUON_SdEh=7q7q%2BAhZEWWA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByR5gRAQ0o-3ZS%2B4X2Vcbfg6Tgb_6jVbmMxCOKo3izPB0g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRJXrnFCH126ie7QYJkZna7ar%2B6seMc2x4Jkj8T_q4iVw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByRH2=6-Oo99ir%2B7_04NYNQ5DzchZYQWT=%2BTpvhWoa4XtA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmomzRwHv7hxF_bO5J=PP5RBWcvY28USUyR5rOqbt_yT-9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHUyByScctyPUwK%2B693b7QAWw=iDAVxo9v9kRMNKrvfCi9t=kA@mail.gmail.com>
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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 >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>>>>>>> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>>>>> >>>>>> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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