From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Justin P. Mattock" Subject: Re: [Bug #14267] Disassociating atheros wlan Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:09:10 -0800 Message-ID: <4B096226.4040505@gmail.com> References: <7qTjLRFNcGF.A.eSE.kCACLB@chimera> <4B08258E.9050607@gmail.com> <1258886823.7094.101.camel@johannes.local> <200911221519.54284.rjw@sisk.pl> <20091122162131.0e2e60ef.kristoffer.ericson@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=U3ohAWDUQRxLWhH278Zo+Bz9Fvv+EfR+Ffw5kd/3mMU=; b=KwjwfQTsGszF9iQd/2Pts0dM1mhg6OatgMZ5i69Tt4s7DdLqVXIAKbi9ovKyAgVons f5O+8c0Hn4W+2EGLD90a7wcICn3cgvi/IGcC3XCj54bOmN12fWi5GUce0JLmrX4Wtss6 uF3PIaN3HnbnMoDSGTrISixIXqz+TK0CkPxCA= In-Reply-To: <20091122162131.0e2e60ef.kristoffer.ericson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Kristoffer Ericson Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List , linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Kristoffer Ericson wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:19:54 +0100 > "Rafael J. Wysocki" wrote: > > >> On Sunday 22 November 2009, Johannes Berg wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 09:38 -0800, Justin P. Mattock wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I did a bisect yesterday on this, and the results >>>> seemed to have worked over here by reverting: >>>> >>>> 75e6c3b72b3ab01c47629f3fbd0fed4e6550bf3a >>>> cfg80211: lower dynamic PS timeout to 100ms >>>> >>>> if Kristoffer can try reverting this one >>>> to see, then we can go from there. >>>> >>> So that just means the driver is broken. Please run >>> >>> iwconfig wlan0 power off >>> >>> to fix it then. And the patch below will disable it by default since >>> it's broken. >>> >>> johannes >>> >>> --- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c 2009-11-22 11:44:41.000000000 +0100 >>> +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c 2009-11-22 11:45:26.000000000 +0100 >>> @@ -1893,6 +1893,8 @@ void ath_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc * >>> BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) | >>> BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT); >>> >>> + hw->wiphy->ps_default = false; >>> + >>> hw->queues = 4; >>> hw->max_rates = 4; >>> hw->channel_change_time = 5000; >>> >> OK, so perhaps this patch should be applied until th ath9k driver is fixed? Luis? John? >> > > I applied the patch from johannes and it ended my issues atleast. I ran my machine for approx > 2 hours without seeing the disconnect issue (which I usually saw after 15-25min). Cant be 100% of course > but so far so good. > > I agree with Justin that we could wait until he gets a chance to test it. It should be accepted > after initial merge (and stable trees) after that I think. Rafael thoughts? > > Also, we should notify the atheros people so they could start fixing the driver (in a perfect world). > > Best wishes > Kristoffer Ericson > > > > I can probably test it out, main problem is where I'm headed internet connection might not be strong enough to run any kind of media (hotel connections are only strong enough to retrieve e-mails streaming music/movies can be a bit much). luckily I'm away only for a few days. Justin P. Mattock