From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:21:00 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] ath9k implicated in lockups, kernel 2.6.38 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4DD5355C.90202@candelatech.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org On 05/19/2011 03:23 AM, Camilo Mesias wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Fedora 15 and found it unstable compared to F14. > Specifically it would randomly lock up (needing power cycle) with no > message of relevance in the logs. Also it wouldn't suspend, reboot or > hibernate, and the rf-kill switch action would also lock up the > machine. After some difficulties I blacklisted ath9k and the machine > worked perfectly. > > After searching I found a message 'ath9k causes lockups since kernel > 2.6.35' dated Feb 25 2011 on this list. I take it this is the same > problem as we have the same symptoms and hardware - HP mini 311c with > Atheros AR9285 PCI-Express (rev 01). Try yanking your NIC and see if the problems persist? Ath9k has it's issues, but it's surely not the only thing that can lock up a system..and it usually spews all sorts of warnings/errors before it does lock up a system. And, recently it's been much more stable..so try a 2.6.39 kernel perhaps? Thanks, Ben > > Please help to diagnose and fix the problem, I would be interested in > trying development drivers and upping the debug levels as necessary. > > -Cam > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com