From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Kaindl Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:03:32 +0100 Subject: [ath9k-devel] ath9k_htc makes my TL-WN821N get too hot to hang In-Reply-To: <20237.7731.425657.129798@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <20237.7731.425657.129798@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Message-ID: <4F0D3444.6000001@stusta.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org I've got the same Problem with the same device used as a Access-Point with HostAPD. I will provide the Information you requested in a few days! Markus Sujith Manoharan schrieb: > Mulong Chen wrote: >> I am using ath9k_htc with my TL-WN821N. The problem is when it transfers with >> max speed (should be 300Mbps but not with ath9k_htc, this could be another >> story) for some while (eg. 10 mins), the dongle gets really hot and it hangs >> with no blinked LED. At this time, there is no response from the dongle >> anymore. I have to plug in/out to make it get normal. >> >> But everything under windows is just fine. With max speed (300 Mbps) do some >> ftp for 1 or 2 hours, everything is just fine. >> >> I am so sure that the hang is because of the chips getting too hot. I bought 2 >> pieces of heat sink and attached them on the two chips. And the transftering >> lasted almost 1 hours till now (normal case it would die in 15 mins.), even >> the heat sink is really really hot. >> >> >> lsusb Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link >> TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287] >> >> kernel version Linux CC 3.1.8-1-ARCH > > Can you install the latest compat-wireless package from: > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download ? > > Debugging has to be enabled by using these flags in config.mk: > > CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS=y > CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y > > For generic instructions, please see: > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/debug > > And then, please post the output of: > > cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy#/ath9k_htc/modal_eeprom > cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy#/ath9k_htc/base_eeprom > > Sujith > _______________________________________________ > ath9k-devel mailing list > ath9k-devel at lists.ath9k.org > https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 900 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/attachments/20120111/8910d572/attachment.pgp