Corrupt packets with ath5k

Corrupt packets with ath5k

[JA Magallón]

Hi all...

I have a strange problem with latest kernels. When I update my netbook
I get many "Installation failed, bad rpms:" mesages. First I thougt
that the oldie cheap ssd was failing (it is an Aspire AOA110).
But the updates work always fine when plugged to ethernet.

Now i tried to copy a couple RPMS via ssh over wifi and got:

mplayer-1.1-11.r35916.1.mga3.tainted.i586.rpm  100% 2192KB   2.1MB/s   00:00
Received disconnect from 192.168.1.51: 2: Packet corrupt
lost connection

Hardware/driver are these:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e008
	Kernel driver in use: ath5k

Ist that hardware failing ? Is driver failing ? Other laptop/androids
update fine with the router via wifi.
Any idea ?

I currently have 3.8.0, distro build.

TIA

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Re: Corrupt packets with ath5k

[JA Magallón]

On 02/20/2013 08:58 PM, JA Magallón wrote:
> Hi all...
>
> I have a strange problem with latest kernels. When I update my netbook
> I get many "Installation failed, bad rpms:" mesages. First I thougt
> that the oldie cheap ssd was failing (it is an Aspire AOA110).
> But the updates work always fine when plugged to ethernet.
>
> Now i tried to copy a couple RPMS via ssh over wifi and got:
>
> mplayer-1.1-11.r35916.1.mga3.tainted.i586.rpm  100% 2192KB   2.1MB/s   00:00
> Received disconnect from 192.168.1.51: 2: Packet corrupt
> lost connection
>
> Hardware/driver are these:
>
> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>      Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e008
>      Kernel driver in use: ath5k
>
> Ist that hardware failing ? Is driver failing ? Other laptop/androids
> update fine with the router via wifi.
> Any idea ?
>
> I currently have 3.8.0, distro build.
>

I tried with 3.7.1 and everything works fine.
Possible clues:
- 3.7.1: works fine
- warm boot in 3.8.0: transfer stalls and scp looks hanged, speed
   drops to zero, but no error message
- cold boot in 3.8.0: transfer stops with Packet corrupt error or sometimes
   stalls..

> TIA
>


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Re: Corrupt packets with ath5k

[JA Magallón]

On 02/21/2013 01:29 AM, JA Magallón wrote:
> On 02/20/2013 08:58 PM, JA Magallón wrote:
>> Hi all...
>>
>> I have a strange problem with latest kernels. When I update my netbook
>> I get many "Installation failed, bad rpms:" mesages. First I thougt
>> that the oldie cheap ssd was failing (it is an Aspire AOA110).
>> But the updates work always fine when plugged to ethernet.
>>
>> Now i tried to copy a couple RPMS via ssh over wifi and got:
>>
>> mplayer-1.1-11.r35916.1.mga3.tainted.i586.rpm  100% 2192KB   2.1MB/s   00:00
>> Received disconnect from 192.168.1.51: 2: Packet corrupt
>> lost connection
>>
>> Hardware/driver are these:
>>
>> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
>>      Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device e008
>>      Kernel driver in use: ath5k
>>
>> Ist that hardware failing ? Is driver failing ? Other laptop/androids
>> update fine with the router via wifi.
>> Any idea ?
>>
>> I currently have 3.8.0, distro build.
>>
>
> I tried with 3.7.1 and everything works fine.
> Possible clues:
> - 3.7.1: works fine
> - warm boot in 3.8.0: transfer stalls and scp looks hanged, speed
>    drops to zero, but no error message
> - cold boot in 3.8.0: transfer stops with Packet corrupt error or sometimes
>    stalls..
>

I have found these:

http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ath5k.devel
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55211

Any plans to include fix in 3.8.4 ?

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