From: Wojciech Dubowik <Wojciech.Dubowik@neratec.com>
To: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com,
mcgrof@qca.qualcomm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.8 1/3] ath9k_hw: fix calibration issues on chainmask that don't include chain 0
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:46:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5138B656.5090408@neratec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5138AB4A.7000405@openwrt.org>
On 03/07/2013 03:59 PM, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2013-03-07 3:31 PM, Wojciech Dubowik wrote:
>> There is a regression introduced by this patch when power save is off on
>> the station for idle checks.
>> I have AR9590 station with rx and tx chain set to 0x1 connected
>> to legacy AP (based on Ar9390) with RF cable and 40dB attenuator.
>>
>> Before this patch in connection polling the station was properly sending
>> null function to check whether AP is still there. After this patch it sends
>> broadcast probe request which is anyway wrong or some 16 or so packets
>> of random data (rarely). It manifests itself in lost connection because
>> there
>> is no ack from AP which is expected for null function.
>>
>> I have been following skb's up to the descriptor setting in ath9k and it was
>> all ok i.e. proper null function with valid addresses.
>>
>> I have been bisecting it twice because it doesn't make much sense but maybe
>> it's a HW issue?
> You're right, it does not make much sense. I can't figure out how this
> patch could possibly change the runtime behavior with tx chainmask set
> to 0x1. Have you tried reverting this patch in a current build to see if
> that fixes the issue?
It does fix it. I will check tomorrow whether it's only AR9590 or also
previous revisions. I will also try with different chainmasks. I will have
to rescrew my setup...
Wojtek
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-07 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-20 20:55 [PATCH 3.8 1/3] ath9k_hw: fix calibration issues on chainmask that don't include chain 0 Felix Fietkau
2013-01-20 20:55 ` [PATCH 3.8 2/3] ath9k_hw: fix chain swap setting when setting rx chainmask to 5 Felix Fietkau
2013-01-20 20:55 ` [PATCH 3.8 3/3] ath9k: allow setting arbitrary antenna masks on AR9003+ Felix Fietkau
2013-01-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 3.8 2/3] ath9k_hw: fix chain swap setting when setting rx chainmask to 5 Adrian Chadd
2013-01-20 22:31 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-03-07 14:31 ` [PATCH 3.8 1/3] ath9k_hw: fix calibration issues on chainmask that don't include chain 0 Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-07 14:59 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-03-07 15:46 ` Wojciech Dubowik [this message]
2013-03-08 7:44 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-08 9:46 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-08 12:42 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-03-11 6:25 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-11 9:43 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-15 0:01 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-03-15 1:32 ` Felix Fietkau
2013-03-15 7:06 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2013-03-08 20:34 ` John W. Linville
2013-03-11 6:29 ` Wojciech Dubowik
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