Re: ath(4) stopped working

From: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl_at_univie.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 23:42:25 +0200 (CEST)
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Sam Leffler wrote:

> > A kernel from Fri Sep 12 works correctly, with the same configuration.  I
> > guess the ath/ieee80211 commits from yesterday/today broke something.
>
> I need more help than this.  Try supplying some information like the card
> type (e.g. 5212) and your setup (station, adhoc, hostap, 11a, 11b, 11g).

Yes, it's a 5212 card (a Netgear WAG511, to be more specific).  I'm using
it in 11g mode with a Netgear AP.

> Also try sysctl debug.ieee80211=1 and/or ifconfig ath0 debug and look at
> the debug messages.

Ok, here's what I got:

---8<---
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0x20000000-0x2000ffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on cardbus1
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: [MPSAFE]
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ath0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:41:8d:ac
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 1->2
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> INIT
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: INIT -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 2->3
Sep 16 22:40:17 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 3->4
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 4->5
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 5->6
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 6->7
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 7->8
Sep 16 22:40:18 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 8->9
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 9->10
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 10->11
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 11->1
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: new probe response on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "LESSID" from 00:09:5b:67:48:85
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x0
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "LESSID" from 00:09:5b:67:48:85
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x0
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: beacon on chan 1 (bss chan 1) "LESSID" from 00:09:5b:67:48:85
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: caps 0x411 bintval 100 erp 0x0
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_next_scan: chan 1->2
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: ignore probe response on channel 2 marked for channel 1
Sep 16 22:40:19 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: ignore beacon on channel 2 marked for channel 1
Sep 16 22:40:20 korben kernel: ieee80211_recv_mgmt: ignore beacon on channel 2 marked for channel 1
Sep 16 22:40:20 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: SCAN -> AUTH
Sep 16 22:40:20 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: AUTH -> ASSOC
Sep 16 22:40:20 korben kernel: ieee80211_newstate: ASSOC -> RUN
Sep 16 22:40:36 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 54M -> 48M (1 ok, 9 err, 9 retr)
Sep 16 22:41:09 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 48M -> 36M (0 ok, 1 err, 1 retr)
Sep 16 22:41:10 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 36M -> 24M (0 ok, 1 err, 1 retr)
Sep 16 22:41:11 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 24M -> 18M (0 ok, 1 err, 1 retr)
Sep 16 22:41:12 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 18M -> 12M (0 ok, 1 err, 1 retr)
Sep 16 22:41:13 korben kernel: ath_rate_ctl: 12M -> 11M (0 ok, 1 err, 1 retr)
---8<---

The rate control shift at the end starts as soon as I start pinging some
hosts.

regards,
le

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