Issue #2458 has been updated by Johannes.Hofmann.
After releasing the wlan serialzer when loading the firmware image ral also seems to work (tested-by: luxh). The wlan_serialize branch at leaf/~hofmann is updated accordingly. ---------------------------------------- Bug #2458: ath: ran out of descriptors http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/2458 Author: Johannes.Hofmann Status: New Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: After running for a while in a WPA secured WLAN with an ath(4) card, I get: ath: ran out of descriptors and the network stops working. Sometimes destroying wlan0 and kldunload if_ath; kldload if_ath restores network, but in some cases I get Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: Trace beginning at frame 0xd6264ca8 Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: m_free(ffffffff,d47f1c00,0,d936dc00,d5a94400) at m_free+0xc6 0x c01f26ed Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: m_free(d47f7800,d6264cfc,c09c8846,d47f7800,c47576f0) at m_free+ 0xc6 0xc01f26ed Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: m_freem(d47f7800,c47576f0,d6264cfc,c09e8e58,d5cf9f80) at m_free m+0x15 0xc01f29c6 Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: ieee80211_flush_ifq(d5a94400,d4c46500,ffffffff,d5e35478,c47576f 0) at ieee80211_flush_ifq+0x70 0xc09c8846 Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: ieee80211_newstate_task(d4c46500,1,c47576f4,1,c475770c) at ieee 80211_newstate_task+0x231 0xc09e74e3 Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: taskqueue_run(c47576f0,c475770c,0,c03d27b3,0) at taskqueue_run+ 0x93 0xc01dd304 Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: taskqueue_thread_loop(d5e3544c,0,0,0,0) at taskqueue_thread_loo p+0x4b 0xc01dd5ed Nov 18 12:45:06 plop kernel: lwkt_exit() at lwkt_exit 0xc01bbab3 and the system freezes on kldunload if_ath -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/my/account
