Re: Troubles with wl12xx

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 2012-03-15 09:43, Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2012-03-14 12:44, Gary Thomas wrote:
>> On 2012-03-14 07:41, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>> On 2012-03-14 06:45, Gary Thomas wrote:
>>>> I'm having some issues getting my [newly designed] board to run
>>>> with wl12xx (wl1271 on SDIO) My kernel is 2.6.37 and I'm using
>>>> a compat-wireless snapshot from 2012-02-28
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I see when I boot - looks OK:
>>>> Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-2012-02-28
>>>> Backport based on linux-next.git next-20120228
>>>> cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
>>>> wl12xx: loaded
>>>>
>>>> If I bring up the wlan0 interface manually, I can talk to the
>>>> device, scan for access points, etc. All looks good.
>>>>
>>>> The problem comes when I try to negotiate for an address with
>>>> WPA security.
>>>> # ifup wlan0
>>>> wl12xx: firmware booted (Rev 6.3.5.0.98)
>>>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>>>> udhcpc (v1.19.3) started
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>> wl12xx: down
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>> Sending discover...
>>>> No lease, failing
>>>>
>>>> A few seconds later, everything falls apart. Sorry for the verbosity, but
>>>> the messages changed at the end and I wanted to make sure you saw it all.
>>>
>>> A little more information - maybe this helps:
>>> # ifup -v wlan0
>>> run-parts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d
>>> wl12xx: firmware booted (Rev 6.3.5.0.98)
>>> wl12xx: ERROR watchdog interrupt received! starting recovery.
>>> wl12xx: Reading FW panic log
>>> wl12xx: Hardware recovery in progress. FW ver: Rev 6.3.5.0.98 pc: 0x0
>>> wl12xx: down
>>> ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested
>>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
>>> wl12xx: ERROR timeout waiting for the hardware to complete initialization
>>> wl12xx: ERROR timeout waiting for the hardware to complete initialization
>>> wl12xx: ERROR timeout waiting for the hardware to complete initialization
>>> wl12xx: ERROR firmware boot failed despite 3 retries
>>> ifconfig wlan0 up
>>> udhcpc -R -n -p /var/run/udhcpc.wlan0.pid -i wlan0
>>> udhcpc (v1.19.3) started
>>> Sending discover...
>>> Sending discover...
>>> Sending discover...
>>> No lease, failing
>>
>> Even more info - I enabled all the debug flags in the wl12xx driver and
>> captured this sequence (it's 100% repeatable with my current configuration)
>> The log is at http://www.mlbassoc.com/misc/messages.wl12xx
>>
>> Any ideas what's going on?
>
> Even more confusion - I've found that I need to be careful with the
> sequence and timing of bringing up the wl12xx.
>
> * This sequence will always fail:
> -- [re]boot Linux
> # ifup wlan0
>
> * This sequence also fails:
> -- [re]boot Linux
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> # ifup wlan0
>
> * This sequence seems to always work:
> -- [re]boot Linux
> # ifconfig wlan0 up
> # iw wlan0 scan
> # ifup wlan0
>
> What could be special about this [slight] change in bring-up behaviour/timing?
>
> Sadly, even when it works, it dies if I try to run
> # ifdown wlan0
> # ifup wlan0
>
> Interestingly, I've seen this work perfectly on my OMAP4430 PandaBoard. We based
> our design on that board, so it's a bit puzzling why we are having so much trouble.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Any ideas about this [thread] of issues?

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