Return-path: Received: from lirone.symas.net ([64.71.152.235]:49323 "EHLO lirone.symas.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752284AbYIVUe4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:34:56 -0400 Message-ID: <48D80169.4040104@symas.com> (sfid-20080922_223459_995595_1E055B22) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:34:49 -0700 From: Howard Chu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Luis Rodriguez , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: ath9k problems References: <48D5CAD0.1080909@symas.com> <20080922064831.GB19580@tesla> <48D760D8.3050501@symas.com> <43e72e890809220245j77dcf385mb31e505308225ba9@mail.gmail.com> <48D78215.1050403@symas.com> <20080922173010.GD6048@tesla> In-Reply-To: <20080922173010.GD6048@tesla> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 04:31:33AM -0700, Howard Chu wrote: >> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Howard Chu wrote: >>>>> For example - I added DPRINTFs to all the places that called ath9_hw_reset() >>>>> to see why the ForceXPAon message was occurring so often, and got the >>>>> attached log. I note that ForceXPAon doesn't occur on every call to >>>>> hw_reset, and sometimes there are repeated identical calls to set the >>>>> channel (e.g. at 22:06:36 in the log). >>>>> >>>>> It associates successfully with my AP on channel 8, but shortly thereafter >>>>> loses the association, scans again, and starts over again, ad nauseam. This >>>>> behavior was made even worse when I upgraded my freeradius server (was >>>>> authenticating with WPA EAP/PEAP) and configured TLS session caching - there >>>>> seems to be a bug in freeradius there so subsequent reassociation attempts >>>>> would always fail until I turned off session caching. (Haven't had time to >>>>> chase that down yet.) >>> Howard, did you apply the pending group key patch yet? >> Yes, the patch didn't improve the situation on my wireless-testing build. It >> works fine on my 2.6.27-rc6 build though. > > Can you provide a long of your wireless-testing run with the group key > patch applied? The log I posted already had the group key patch applied. I have an earlier log (Sep 18) from before patching, but it doesn't look much different. Do you want me to post that? > Also, please try running wpa_supplicant manually, but > first be sure to disable Network Manager completely by doing: Will try that shortly. -- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/