Mulong Chen wrote: > I am using ath9k_htc with my TL-WN821N. The problem is when it transfers with > max speed (should be 300Mbps but not with ath9k_htc, this could be another > story) for some while (eg. 10 mins), the dongle gets really hot and it hangs > with no blinked LED. At this time, there is no response from the dongle > anymore. I have to plug in/out to make it get normal. > > But everything under windows is just fine. With max speed (300 Mbps) do some > ftp for 1 or 2 hours, everything is just fine. > > I am so sure that the hang is because of the chips getting too hot. I bought 2 > pieces of heat sink and attached them on the two chips. And the transftering > lasted almost 1 hours till now (normal case it would die in 15 mins.), even > the heat sink is really really hot. > > > lsusb Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link > TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287] > > kernel version Linux CC 3.1.8-1-ARCH
Can you install the latest compat-wireless package from: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download ? Debugging has to be enabled by using these flags in config.mk: CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS=y CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG=y For generic instructions, please see: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/debug And then, please post the output of: cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy#/ath9k_htc/modal_eeprom cat /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy#/ath9k_htc/base_eeprom Sujith _______________________________________________ ath9k-devel mailing list ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel
