On 2010-11-04 9:59 PM, Björn Smedman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to stabilize ath9k on an Atheros AR913x based platform.
> 
> One type of problem is that sometimes, under high ath9k tx/rx load,
> the system locks up with lots of partial oopses like below spewing out
> on the serial. I'm not really qualified to read these but ath9k has a
> history of memory corruption and DMA problems. That in combination
> with the rater weird message, that __bzero and print_modules contain
> reserved instructions, makes me think that the problem may be that
> pages containing executable kernel code are accidentally DMA:ed over.
> :P Is that even possible? If so, can it be made impossible? :)
> 
> Other than that, what could it be?
> 
> Reserved instruction in kernel code[#1]:
> Cpu 0 [...]
> 
> And so on until serial breaks down... Then all leds except two come on
> and it freezes in that position. Not even the hardware watchdog can
> get to it it seems. :(
If not even the watchdog can recover it, then it doesn't really sound
like a DMA issue. Last time I saw something like that on one of my
devices, the power supply was too weak. Are you sure that it's not
caused by a power or heat issue - or some other kind of hardware problem?

- Felix
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