This patch ports the beaconing fixes from commit a82d992261f "b43: Beaconing
fixes" to b43legacy. Basically it prevents the card from triggering the beacon
IRQ over and over again.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
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Did these 2 patches work for you?
Larry
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Larry Finger <[email protected]> wrote:
> This patch ports the beaconing fixes from commit a82d992261f "b43: Beaconing
> fixes" to b43legacy. Basically it prevents the card from triggering the beacon
> IRQ over and over again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> Did these 2 patches work for you?
>
> Larry
>
I haven't had a chance to test these as of yet. I had to wait a few
extra days in order for my new wireless card to come in (couldn't
really test in AP mode with only one card). I built a new kernel last
night with these patches, but I still need to setup and configure
hostapd. Hopefully, I'll know more later tonight. I'll run tests with
and without these patches.
Regards,
David Ellingsworth
David Ellingsworth wrote:
>
> I haven't had a chance to test these as of yet. I had to wait a few
> extra days in order for my new wireless card to come in (couldn't
> really test in AP mode with only one card). I built a new kernel last
> night with these patches, but I still need to setup and configure
> hostapd. Hopefully, I'll know more later tonight. I'll run tests with
> and without these patches.
OK. Please take whatever time you need. We already missed to 2.6.30 merge
window, thus we have a couple of months.
Larry
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Larry Finger <[email protected]> wrote:
> David Ellingsworth wrote:
>>
>> I haven't had a chance to test these as of yet. I had to wait a few
>> extra days in order for my new wireless card to come in (couldn't
>> really test in AP mode with only one card). I built a new kernel last
>> night with these patches, but I still need to setup and configure
>> hostapd. Hopefully, I'll know more later tonight. I'll run tests with
>> and without these patches.
>
> OK. Please take whatever time you need. We already missed to 2.6.30 merge
> window, thus we have a couple of months.
>
> Larry
I've had a chance to review these patches and while I haven't
experienced any crashes as a result of these patches, I haven't yet
been able to get hostapd to work properly with the b43legacy driver. I
haven't tried to set up an AP without the patches, but can test that
as well if the results might be useful. Below is the relevant
information:
Output from "hostapd -dddd ./hostap.conf":
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Configuration file: ./hostap.conf
Opening raw packet socket for ifindex -1211076240
BSS count 1, BSSID mask ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (0 bits)
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
nl80211: Added 802.11b mode based on 802.11g information
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=1 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=1 freq=2412 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=2 freq=2417 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=3 freq=2422 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=4 freq=2427 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=5 freq=2432 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=6 freq=2437 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=7 freq=2442 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=8 freq=2447 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=9 freq=2452 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=10 freq=2457 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
Allowed channel: mode=0 chan=11 freq=2462 MHz max_tx_power=20 dBm
RATE[0] rate=10 flags=0x2
RATE[1] rate=20 flags=0x6
RATE[2] rate=55 flags=0x6
RATE[3] rate=110 flags=0x6
RATE[4] rate=60 flags=0x0
RATE[5] rate=90 flags=0x0
RATE[6] rate=120 flags=0x0
RATE[7] rate=180 flags=0x0
RATE[8] rate=240 flags=0x0
RATE[9] rate=360 flags=0x0
RATE[10] rate=480 flags=0x0
RATE[11] rate=540 flags=0x0
Passive scanning not supported
Flushing old station entries
Deauthenticate all stations
Mode: IEEE 802.11g Channel: 1 Frequency: 2412 MHz
Using interface wlan0 with hwaddr ca:fe:ba:be:b0:0b and ssid 'test'
wlan0: Setup of interface done.
MGMT (TX callback) ACK
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
STA de:af:ca:fe:ba:be sent probe request for broadcast SSID
MGMT (TX callback) fail
mgmt::proberesp cb
^CSignal 2 received - terminating
Flushing old station entries
Deauthenticate all stations
Contents of hostap.conf:
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interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test
hw_mode=g
channel=1
wpa=0
auth_algs=1
Output from "wpa_supplicant -c ./wpa.conf -i wlan0 -dddd":
---------------------------------------------------
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf './wpa.conf' driver 'default'
ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file './wpa.conf' -> '/root/./wpa.conf'
Reading configuration file '/root/./wpa.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
Line: 3 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=8):
74 65 73 74 test
key_mgmt: 0x4
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='test'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
Interface wlan0 set UP - waiting a second for the driver to complete
initialization
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=21 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf flags 0x0
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:1e:e5:20:1e:cd
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
RSN: flushing PMKID list in the driver
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
Added interface wlan0
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 4
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x11043 ([UP][RUNNING][LOWER_UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 4
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1002 ()
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Ignore event for foreign ifindex 4
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1043 ([UP][RUNNING])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan
to speed up initial association
Received 0 bytes of scan results (0 BSSes)
CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
Try to find non-WPA AP
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Scan requested (ret=0) - scan timeout 5 seconds
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b19 len=8
Received 321 bytes of scan results (1 BSSes)
CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Selecting BSS from priority group 0
Try to find WPA-enabled AP
0: 00:1d:7e:37:73:09 ssid='*****' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
skip - SSID mismatch
Try to find non-WPA AP
0: 00:1d:7e:37:73:09 ssid='*****' wpa_ie_len=24 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
skip - SSID mismatch
No suitable AP found.
Setting scan request: 5 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: disable timer tick
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Scan requested (ret=0) - scan timeout 30 seconds
RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=0 ifi_flags=0x1003 ([UP])
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
Contents of wpa.conf:
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="test"
key_mgmt=NONE
}
Leaving it run for an extended period of time exhibits the same
results. The client isn't ever able to locate the AP to connect to.
These tests were conducted using a b43 based card as the client and a
b43legacy card as the AP.
Regards,
David Ellingsworth