[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Ciccio]

Hi people,
the ath9k driver is not working on my new laptop, an Amilo PA 3553.
The wireless card, as detected by Windows Vista, is a AR928X.
I'm using, apart from Vista, Opensuse 11.1. The card gets listed by iwconfig,
but the access point is not associated, and the led on the lapton is off.
Any help?

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Sujith]

Ciccio wrote:
> Hi people,
> the ath9k driver is not working on my new laptop, an Amilo PA 3553.
> The wireless card, as detected by Windows Vista, is a AR928X.
> I'm using, apart from Vista, Opensuse 11.1. The card gets listed by iwconfig,
> but the access point is not associated, and the led on the lapton is off.
> Any help?

What is the version of the kernel you are running ?

Sujith
-- 
http://sujith-m.blogspot.com

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Ciccio]

2009/1/18 Sujith <m.sujith@gmail.com>:
> Ciccio wrote:
>> Hi people,
>> the ath9k driver is not working on my new laptop, an Amilo PA 3553.
>> The wireless card, as detected by Windows Vista, is a AR928X.
>> I'm using, apart from Vista, Opensuse 11.1. The card gets listed by iwconfig,
>> but the access point is not associated, and the led on the lapton is off.
>> Any help?
>
> What is the version of the kernel you are running ?
>
> Sujith
> --
> http://sujith-m.blogspot.com
>

The default opensuse 11.1 kernel, which is 2.6.27.7, but I also tried
other kernels without success, including the latest 2.6.29-rc2
compiled from source. All kernels are for x86_64 arch.

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Sujith]

Ciccio wrote:
> The default opensuse 11.1 kernel, which is 2.6.27.7, but I also tried
> other kernels without success, including the latest 2.6.29-rc2
> compiled from source. All kernels are for x86_64 arch.

Can you post the kernel log after loading ath9k as 'modrobe ath9k debug=0x00002000' ?
Note: CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y has to be present in your .config
Also, this option is present in newer kernels, so 2.6.29-rc2 should do fine.

Sujith
-- 
http://sujith-m.blogspot.com

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Ciccio]

2009/1/18 Sujith <m.sujith@gmail.com>:
> Ciccio wrote:
>> The default opensuse 11.1 kernel, which is 2.6.27.7, but I also tried
>> other kernels without success, including the latest 2.6.29-rc2
>> compiled from source. All kernels are for x86_64 arch.
>
> Can you post the kernel log after loading ath9k as 'modrobe ath9k debug=0x00002000' ?
> Note: CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y has to be present in your .config
> Also, this option is present in newer kernels, so 2.6.29-rc2 should do fine.
>
> Sujith
> --
> http://sujith-m.blogspot.com
>

Here it is, dmesg lines after I modprobe'd the module in. I had to
recompile the kernel 2.6.29-rc2
because the suse default config doesn't have ath9k debug on by default.
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[ath9k-devel] Oops with AR5008 and ath9k

[Michael and Claire]

ath9k has stopped working for me, dmesg log follows:

____________________________________________________________

Ubuntu Intrepid, standard kernel 2.6.27-9-generic

Fujitsu Siemens P7230 with gigabyte mini pci express card (lspci -v):-

03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless 
Network Adapter (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e916
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ath9k
	Kernel modules: ath9k
_____________________________________________________________

With compat-wireless-2009-11-19 and also the few days preceeding:-

[41372.469564] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[41372.469898] ath9k: Driver unloaded
[41372.668131] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
[41372.668143] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: EU
[41372.668147] 	(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, 
max_eirp)
[41372.668152] 	(2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[41372.668157] 	(5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[41372.668162] 	(5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[41372.668166] 	(5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[41372.668171] 	(5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[41372.668176] 	(5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[41372.763365] ath9k: 0.1
[41372.764880] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[41372.764908] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[41372.993431] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 
00000004
[41372.993605] IP: [<f8ae6f8f>] :cfg80211:wiphy_update_regulatory+0x8f/0x310
[41372.993725] *pde = 00000000 
[41372.993731] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
[41372.993870] Modules linked in: ath9k(+) mac80211 cfg80211 rfkill led_class 
usb_storage libusual cifs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc isofs udf crc_itu_t i915 
drm af_packet binfmt_misc tun vboxnetflt vboxdrv ppdev ipv6 acpi_cpufreq 
cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats freq_table 
cpufreq_conservative sbs pci_slot sbshc wmi container iptable_filter ip_tables 
x_tables aes_i586 aes_generic cbc nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat dm_crypt 
dm_mod sbp2 parport_pc lp parport joydev mmc_block pcmcia evdev serio_raw 
psmouse uvcvideo compat_ioctl32 videodev arc4 v4l1_compat btusb ecb bluetooth 
crypto_blkcipher pcspkr snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm 
snd_seq_dummy video output sdhci_pci sdhci mmc_core yenta_socket 
rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 
snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq battery ac fujitsu_laptop button iTCO_wdt 
iTCO_vendor_support snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore intel_agp 
snd_page_alloc shpchp pci_hotplug agpgart ext3 jbd mbcache sr_mod cdrom sd_mod 
crc_t10dif sg pata_acpi ata_generic ata_piix ohci1394 libata ieee1394 scsi_mod 
ehci_hcd uhci_hcd sky2 usbcore dock thermal processor fan fbcon tileblit font 
bitblit softcursor fuse [last unloaded: led_class]
[41372.996007] 
[41372.996007] Pid: 8724, comm: modprobe Not tainted (2.6.27-9-generic #1)
[41372.996007] EIP: 0060:[<f8ae6f8f>] EFLAGS: 00010202 CPU: 0
[41372.996007] EIP is at wiphy_update_regulatory+0x8f/0x310 [cfg80211]
[41372.996007] EAX: 0024cde0 EBX: f7ac953c ECX: 00000000 EDX: f7ac953c
[41372.996007] ESI: f7ac8000 EDI: 00000002 EBP: f77c1d10 ESP: f77c1ca8
[41372.996007]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
[41372.996007] Process modprobe (pid: 8724, ti=f77c0000 task=ee638000 
task.ti=f77c0000)
[41372.996007] Stack: edb11300 00001000 c04a1108 f77c1cc0 c018a5f2 00000000 
00000004 00000001 
[41372.996007]        f7ac8040 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000c0 edb11300 
00001000 f8aec0f4 
[41372.996007]        f7ac953c f7acdcf4 00000000 00000000 0024cde0 00000000 
f7ac8040 f7acdd20 
[41372.996007] Call Trace:
[41372.996007]  [<c018a5f2>] ? __get_free_pages+0x32/0x40
[41372.996007]  [<f8ae63a5>] ? wiphy_register+0xe5/0x1c0 [cfg80211]
[41372.996007]  [<f8b81230>] ? ieee80211_register_hw+0x50/0x380 [mac80211]
[41372.996007]  [<f91e05e0>] ? ath_attach+0x710/0xb10 [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<c013bb14>] ? round_jiffies+0x14/0x20
[41372.996007]  [<f8b81788>] ? ieee80211_alloc_hw+0x1c8/0x260 [mac80211]
[41372.996007]  [<f91e6145>] ? ath_pci_probe+0x145/0x30c [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<c0200265>] ? sysfs_addrm_start+0x75/0xa0
[41372.996007]  [<c020104a>] ? sysfs_do_create_link+0xaa/0x130
[41372.996007]  [<c0262729>] ? pci_match_id+0x9/0xa0
[41372.996007]  [<c026315e>] ? pci_device_probe+0x5e/0x80
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3cb9>] ? really_probe+0x59/0x190
[41372.996007]  [<c0262966>] ? pci_match_device+0xc6/0xd0
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3e33>] ? driver_probe_device+0x43/0x60
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3ec9>] ? __driver_attach+0x79/0x80
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3593>] ? bus_for_each_dev+0x53/0x80
[41372.996007]  [<c02630a0>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3b6e>] ? driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[41372.996007]  [<c02c3e50>] ? __driver_attach+0x0/0x80
[41372.996007]  [<c02c2f37>] ? bus_add_driver+0x1b7/0x230
[41372.996007]  [<c02630a0>] ? pci_device_remove+0x0/0x40
[41372.996007]  [<c02c409e>] ? driver_register+0x6e/0x150
[41372.996007]  [<f892b000>] ? ath9k_init+0x0/0x74 [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<c026338f>] ? __pci_register_driver+0x4f/0x90
[41372.996007]  [<f892b000>] ? ath9k_init+0x0/0x74 [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<f892b090>] ? ath_pci_init+0x1c/0x1e [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<f892b039>] ? ath9k_init+0x39/0x74 [ath9k]
[41372.996007]  [<c0101120>] ? _stext+0x30/0x160
[41372.996007]  [<c014c604>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x70
[41372.996007]  [<c015c208>] ? sys_init_module+0x88/0x1b0
[41372.996007]  [<c0103f7b>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x2f
[41372.996007]  =======================
[41372.996007] Code: 00 00 00 00 8b 4d c0 8b 1a 8d 04 c9 8b 4d c4 8d 04 83 89 
45 d8 8b 40 18 8b 55 d8 89 45 e4 0f b7 42 04 69 c0 e8 03 00 00 89 45 e8 <8b> 
49 04 83 f9 04 89 4d c8 0f 84 2a 02 00 00 8b 5d b8 8b 5b 1c 
[41372.996007] EIP: [<f8ae6f8f>] wiphy_update_regulatory+0x8f/0x310 [cfg80211] 
SS:ESP 0068:f77c1ca8
[41373.009017] ---[ end trace c70a7cb2fbbd20dc ]---

[ath9k-devel] Oops with AR5008 and ath9k

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:28:16AM -0800, Michael and Claire wrote:
> ath9k has stopped working for me, dmesg log follows:
> 
> ____________________________________________________________
> 
> Ubuntu Intrepid, standard kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
> 
> Fujitsu Siemens P7230 with gigabyte mini pci express card (lspci -v):-
> 
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e916
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>         Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>
>         Kernel driver in use: ath9k
>         Kernel modules: ath9k
> _____________________________________________________________
> 
> With compat-wireless-2009-11-19 and also the few days preceeding:-
> 
> [41372.469564] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> [41372.469898] ath9k: Driver unloaded
> [41372.668131] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
> [41372.668143] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: EU
> [41372.668147]  (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain,
> max_eirp)
> [41372.668152]  (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [41372.668157]  (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
> [41372.668162]  (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
> [41372.668166]  (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
> [41372.668171]  (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [41372.668176]  (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
> [41372.763365] ath9k: 0.1
> [41372.764880] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> [41372.764908] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [41372.993431] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> 00000004
> [41372.993605] IP: [<f8ae6f8f>] :cfg80211:wiphy_update_regulatory+0x8f/0x310

Please do:

modprobe -l cfg80211
modprobe -l mac80211
modprobe -l ath9k

  Luis

[ath9k-devel] Oops with AR5008 and ath9k

[Michael and Claire]

Hi Luis,

> Please do:
>
> modprobe -l cfg80211
> modprobe -l mac80211
> modprobe -l ath9k

Here is the output of modprobe -l for each module (using compat-
wireless-2009-01-19) :-

/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.ko

Note I have the following in my /etc/modprobe.d/options:-

options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU

If I comment this out, and do a depmod -a,  then all works:-

[  313.012926] cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
[  313.012943] cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
[  313.012949] 	(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, 
max_eirp)
[  313.012956] 	(2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
[  313.012964] 	(5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[  313.012970] 	(5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[  313.012977] 	(5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[  313.012984] 	(5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
[  313.012991] 	(5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
[  313.012997] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
[  342.159188] ath9k: 0.1
[  342.161262] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[  342.161286] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[  342.299291] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[  342.421479] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:radio
[  342.421840] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:assoc
[  342.422119] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:tx
[  342.422369] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0:rx
[  342.422385] phy0: Atheros AR5418 MAC/BB Rev:2 AR5133 RF Rev:81: 
mem=0xf9000000, irq=17
[  346.460314] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[  346.555810] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[  348.594855] wlan0: authenticate with AP f764b628
[  348.596828] wlan0: authenticated
[  348.596840] wlan0: associate with AP f764b628
[  348.599255] wlan0: RX AssocResp from ee4c004a (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=4)
[  348.599268] wlan0: associated
[  348.600798] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[  348.607684] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[  358.604058] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

If I modporbe with ieee80211_regdom=US then all still works fine and I can 
modprobe mac80211
followed by ath9k without problems.

If I use ieee80211_regdom=EU when I modprobe cfg80211 it apparently loads ok,
followed by mac80211, again apparently OK,
but then when I modprobe ath9k we get the Oops.

The above is associating with a D-Link DI-624

Switching to an 802.11n capable D-Link DAP-1353 (firmware 2.10)

[  591.852428] wlan0: disassociating by local choice (reason=3)
[  596.126394] wlan0: authenticate with AP f7a1e628
[  596.128907] wlan0: authenticated
[  596.128919] wlan0: associate with AP f7a1e628
[  596.139672] wlan0: RX AssocResp from f74a604a (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1)
[  596.139685] wlan0: associated

Connection speed is variously reported between 1 and 54 Mbps however it 
typically runs at around 16 regardless of what it reports.  The AP reports the 
connection as being 802.11g never 802.11n (laptop and AP will connect at 
802.11n using another OS).

With either AP there is nothing in dmesg to suggest that the regulatory domain 
is being recognised and changed from US to EU although both have EU firmware.

Regards,


Michael

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Sujith]

Ciccio wrote:
> 2009/1/18 Sujith <m.sujith@gmail.com>:
> > Ciccio wrote:
> >> The default opensuse 11.1 kernel, which is 2.6.27.7, but I also tried
> >> other kernels without success, including the latest 2.6.29-rc2
> >> compiled from source. All kernels are for x86_64 arch.
> >
> > Can you post the kernel log after loading ath9k as 'modrobe ath9k debug=0x00002000' ?
> > Note: CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG=y has to be present in your .config
> > Also, this option is present in newer kernels, so 2.6.29-rc2 should do fine.

Can you post the debug log after you try to associate ?
Also, the commands that you used, the AP's details (encryption, mode).

Sujith
-- 
http://sujith-m.blogspot.com

[ath9k-devel] ath9k not working

[Ciccio]

Hi,
just to let you know, the ath9k is working now. I just upgraded the
bios and now the led turns on and the wireless card associates
correctly.
Thank you anyway for your help.