[ath9k-devel] ath9k constantly drops network connection

[Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 04:56:30PM -0700, Partha Bagchi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Partha Bagchi <partha1b@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> >> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Partha Bagchi <partha1b@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Don't forget, I already copied the ath9k subdrirectory from the latest
> >>>> tree and applied the patch and compiled it. Is there anything
> >>>> intrinsic about the 2.6.27 kernel that will help the connection?
> >>>
> >>> You get a new shiny mac80211 with all the patches that went in for it.
> >>> We can't add the new mac80211 to compat-wireless-old as you did with
> >>> ath9k as 2.6.27 had the struct net_device change quite a lot (new TX
> >>> multiqueue changes) and backporting this was a major pain in the ass.
> >>> Hence we have compat-wireless-old for <= 2.6.26 and compat-wireless
> >>> for >= 2.6.27.
> >>>
> >>> Still, if someone wants to go over all 2.6.27 mac80211 patches and
> >>> apply them to compat-wireless-old except for the TX MQ related ones,
> >>> that should work, but you'll have to find someone with enough
> >>> motivation to do it.
> >>>
> >>>  Luis
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks. I see your point. I am not sure I can do the job of backporting.
> >>
> >> I will investigate updating the kernel from rawhide.
> >>
> >> One additional question. I seem to be dropping connection much faster
> >> (every 5 or 10 minutes) in the evening compared to the the morning and
> >> afternoon (every 30 to 40 minutes). Any theories on this?
> >
> > More noise when people get home perhaps, depends on where you live. We
> > haven't yet added ANI which should help with that, but work is
> > underway for it. ANI helps with adjusting the hardware due to noise,
> > it helps with reception.
> >
> >  Luis
> >
> 
> Thanks. Now I am having the weirdest thing happening. Suddenly, I am
> getting these messages (while my connection is up and running fine!):
> -------
> Sep 20 19:53:11 Bordeaux kernel: ForceXPAon: 0
> Sep 20 19:53:11 Bordeaux kernel: ForceXPAon: 0
> Sep 20 19:53:11 Bordeaux kernel: ForceXPAon: 0
> Sep 20 19:53:11 Bordeaux kernel: ForceXPAon: 0

Ignore these.

> Sep 20 19:53:12 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:53:29 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:53:45 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:53:58 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:54:09 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:54:17 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:54:32 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:54:42 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:54:54 Bordeaux dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan1 to 192.168.1.1 port 67
> Sep 20 19:55:11 Bordeaux kernel: ForceXPAon: 0

Are you on 2.6.27-rc7? You'll still need the group key patch, which was
not merged in for rc7.

  Luis