Re: 8.0 RC1 freeze while WPA ath0

Am 17.10.2009 23:07, schrieb Oliver Fakler:
>  
> 	Hi there,
> 	i have a problem on 8.0 RC1 while connecting to wlan with wpa
> 	Problem occurs while testing the wpa connection manual:
> 	bodo# wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf 
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
> CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS 
> Trying to associate with 00:23:69:a2:c0:fb (SSID='Linksys' freq=2412
> MHz)
> 	my wpa_supplicat.conf:
> 
> 	network={
>   ssid="Linksys"
>   psk="xxxxx"
> }
> 
> 	some ath0 informations:
> 
> 	Oct 17 22:30:37 bodo kernel: ath0:  mem 0xfaef0000-0xfaefffff irq 16
> at device 5.0 on pci1
> Oct 17 22:30:37 bodo kernel: ath0: [ITHREAD]
> Oct 17 22:30:37 bodo kernel: ath0: AR5416 mac 13.10 RF2133 phy 8.1
> 	maybe somebody have an idea?

I also observed this when I moved a system from Ethernet to Atheros WLAN
recently. Seems there is a LOR (which has been known for half a year but
was assumed to be benign). My work-around was to disable SMP
in the kernel configuration. Running with WITNESS does still detect
(other) LORs on my system, and I did not manage to check whether they
have all been reported before.

You can check whether the freeze of your system is caused by the same
LOR as in my case by compiling a kernel with WITNESS enabled.

Or just try the work-around and disable SMP for the time being ...

Gruß, STefan