From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754568Ab1BGEAr (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Feb 2011 23:00:47 -0500 Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.204]:41666 "HELO smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754237Ab1BGEAq (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Feb 2011 23:00:46 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 399 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:00:45 EST DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=DKIM-Signature:Message-ID:Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:Organization:User-Agent:MIME-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type; b=RemUCiE/tBE2Df8BWZNlhye4Z3kn6KP/H3jrzCppE9RXRyTrk4zELvUexNJtve2V09l+0K8h/0M0gQPKMwVpRLenU374PORSTRYdtz4wAoG5rG6PIxepftoqmAKIMr9ggqoR6D/tJAbSv6QSVuzBTiUuBjX5er7aJNllnnfyghQ= ; Message-ID: <613373.34172.qm@smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-SMTP: rZzhDImswBA_40COIyZI42.8nAz5YXic.zo1v550XQVtX7k- X-YMail-OSG: 5RRlcucVM1k2xHJuIYVsMDV1Lrk6mJHqKZEzvLwypF84rJZ zd8Ep0fHNd4OwtHgu2AZiQURrbEgygkaZ6DTvTfrKUqy9HJYZB.Cdo8dpUN3 gJB4k5wWOlxiiv3.ranCQNB1tfg5yL0vXaPEM.BPuY0gi.EBk5wuSYfqWSA7 AM2_ccNhiQyGkGk1IivoVx2O7GQywF_uDldFQX6Pflr8J63q6KcOvyRdpjFx H26q.WJwQ0hUQUPRC3O53gtm4R686 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Shawn Starr To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [regression][2.6.38-rcX][net][iwlagn] WiFi signal after period of time tanks causing contant drops Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:54 -0500 Organization: sh0n.net User-Agent: KMail/4.6 beta4 (Linux/2.6.38-0.rc3.git4.1.fc15.x86_64; KDE/4.6.0; x86_64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Using a Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] card after rebooting and a period of of seveal hours signal begins to drop to low levels: wlan0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"XXXXXXXX" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=12/70 Signal level=-98 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:35 Missed beacon:0 ... Link Quality=12/70 Signal level=-98 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:40 Missed beacon:0 I start seeing lots of Invalid misc errors and connection drops. If I reboot, then signal will be back to normal for a period of time again. My official kernel is from Fedora rawhide (2.6.38-0.rc3.git4.1.fc15.x86_64) Anyone else notice poor link/signal levels? .37 showed no such issues. -- snip -- kernel messages when this occurred: [15110.285207] CE: hpet increased min_delta_ns to 20113 nsec [33809.732205] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [33809.831816] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [33809.831819] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [33809.831822] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.831825] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.831827] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.831830] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.831832] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.831841] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US [33809.835215] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [33809.835217] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [33809.835220] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) [33809.835223] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) [33809.835225] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.835228] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.835230] cfg80211: (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [33809.835233] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) [33812.364119] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [33812.366620] wlan0: authenticated [33812.366643] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [33828.410709] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [33828.413725] wlan0: authenticated [33828.413748] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [33828.418428] wlan0: beacon received [33828.421042] wlan0: associate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [33828.446039] wlan0: RX AssocResp from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) [33828.446042] wlan0: associated [34100.737227] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [34100.740353] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [34100.740355] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34100.740358] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.740361] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.740363] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.740366] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.740368] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.740378] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US [34100.742781] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [34100.742784] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34100.742787] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) [34100.742789] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) [34100.742792] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.742794] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.742797] cfg80211: (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34100.742799] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) [34103.381063] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34103.385675] wlan0: authenticated [34103.385707] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [34103.465542] wlan0: beacon received [34103.468042] wlan0: associate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34103.470316] wlan0: RX AssocResp from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) [34103.470319] wlan0: associated [34114.737244] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [34114.739837] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [34114.739840] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34114.739843] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.739846] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.739848] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.739851] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.739853] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.739863] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US [34114.742475] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [34114.742477] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34114.742480] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) [34114.742483] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) [34114.742485] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.742488] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.742490] cfg80211: (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34114.742493] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) [34124.964949] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34124.967818] wlan0: authenticated [34124.967842] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [34124.969754] wlan0: beacon received [34124.972015] wlan0: associate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34124.974327] wlan0: RX AssocResp from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) [34124.974329] wlan0: associated [34249.738240] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [34249.740811] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [34249.740814] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34249.740817] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.740819] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.740822] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.740824] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.740827] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.740835] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US [34249.743295] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [34249.743298] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [34249.743300] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) [34249.743303] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) [34249.743305] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.743308] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.743310] cfg80211: (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [34249.743313] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) [34252.430829] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34252.433740] wlan0: authenticated [34252.433765] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [34275.365426] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [34275.367527] wlan0: authenticated [34275.367552] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [35121.713088] wlan0: authenticate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [35121.716042] wlan0: authenticated [35121.716079] wlan0: waiting for beacon from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff [35121.743282] wlan0: beacon received [35121.746047] wlan0: associate with aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (try 1) [35121.750694] wlan0: RX AssocResp from aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2) [35121.750697] wlan0: associated Thanks, Shawn.