Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-08-13 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
Seems to be happening with AR9285 in my HP laptop as well. I was about to write a msg to this list with the same performance issues when I saw this thread. Kunal On Thursday 13 Aug 2009 10:51:54 am Sujith wrote: > Pavel Roskin wrote: > > sync_cause is always 0x2000 when that message is printed,

Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-08-18 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Thursday 13 Aug 2009 11:10:42 am Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 10:51 +0530, Sujith wrote: > > Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > sync_cause is always 0x2000 when that message is printed, so there are > > > no other causes. > > > > SYNC_LOCAL_TIMEOUT is generated when the PCIe core hangs, un

Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-08-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 19 Aug 2009 2:34:50 am Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 23:46 +0530, Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: > > > Note that Michael noticed the performance degradation. That's another > > > target for bisection, whether it's related or not. > > >

Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-08-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 19 Aug 2009 9:21:13 am Sujith wrote: > Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: > > Any way we can help debug this issue? > > It gets really annoying when the driver goes berserk in the middle of a > > big file transfer - even on LAN. :( > > > > rmmod'ing and

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k DMA problems

2009-08-30 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Saturday 29 Aug 2009 6:36:23 am Howard Chu wrote: > Am I the only one having these problems? ath9k hasn't worked well for me > since 2.6.29.4; every snapshot since then has suffered from random drops. > In 2.6.29.6 it at least would quickly reassociate. The current ones hang > within 20-30 minut

Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-09-11 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
y low wrt linux. Are there any patches that you'd like me to try on top of the mainline/ubuntu's tree? Thanks, Kunal On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: > On Wednesday 19 Aug 2009 9:21:13 am Sujith wrote: >> Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: >> > Any way

Re: [ath9k-devel] Disconnect problem (DMA failed to stop in 10 ms)

2009-09-16 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 16 Sep 2009 7:56:40 am you wrote: > Hi Kunal, > I read your mails on ath9k-devel, have you tried using an ath9k build > from September recently? > > http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6 >.tar.bz2 > > My Asus is using an AR9285,too, and my wifi was

Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k disconnect problems with AR9280 chipset

2009-09-22 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
As per this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/414560/comments/20 this seems to be related to rfkill and power management implementation in ath9k. It's a '+1 me too' for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/414560/comments/16 However, haven't yet tried disab

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to enable ath9k debug

2009-10-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 8:13:54 pm Jinsung Lee wrote: > At this time, when only entering the command " modprobe ath9k > debug=0x", I can't find any mounted debugfs files in > /sys/kernel/debug/ folder. > You need to mount debugfs for that. Run the command as root: mount -t debugfs debugfs /

[ath9k-devel] Test for N-mode from userspace?

2009-10-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
Hi, Is it possible to check for whether the N-mode is alive on the laptop and not blocked by the OEM (HP)? I don't have access to an N-mode AP to try to associate and check; but I'm planning to buy a new AP/router - so, might as well go for one having N-mode now that it's standardised. The de

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to enable ath9k debug

2009-10-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 8:58:37 pm you wrote: > Dear Kunal, > > Thanks for your reply. > Yes, I entered the command as you mentioned below. > But, I can't find any ath9k folder in /sys/kernel/debug/. > Thus, is it necessary to compile the kernel with "CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUG" > option first? > That's wha

Re: [ath9k-devel] Test for N-mode from userspace?

2009-10-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 10:58:31 pm xxiao wrote: > interesting, why is MCS range just 0-7, which means no HT? > > xxiao > I have no clue why it's that way - I don't even know what HT means in wireless context :) Sorry, I'm just an end-user in this respect .. Kunal ___

Re: [ath9k-devel] Test for N-mode from userspace?

2009-10-20 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 4:50:18 am Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:28 AM, xxiao wrote: > > interesting, why is MCS range just 0-7, which means no HT? > > MCS 1-7 is for single stream devices. > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n So, do

Re: [ath9k-devel] how to enable ath9k debug

2009-10-21 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 4:18:40 am Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Kunal Gangakhedkar > > wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 Oct 2009 8:58:37 pm you wrote: > >> Dear Kunal, > >> > >> Thanks for your reply. > >> Yes, I ente

Re: [ath9k-devel] Test for N-mode from userspace?

2009-10-21 Thread Kunal Gangakhedkar
On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 12:19:44 pm Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Kunal Gangakhedkar > > wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 4:50:18 am Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 2:28 AM, xxiao wrote: > >> > interesti