Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:50459 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754269AbZG2UBC (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:01:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4A709E55.2070909@candelatech.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:09:09 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian von Bidder CC: Nick Kossifidis , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ath5k connection loss (failed to wakeup the MAC Chip) References: <200907280838.42541@fortytwo.ch> <40f31dec0907281653g63375736id57f547a8ba12cad@mail.gmail.com> <200907291211.21133@fortytwo.ch> In-Reply-To: <200907291211.21133@fortytwo.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I'm not sure if it helps, but if I: load ath5k and let some stations associate (I'm testing virtual STA logic) .. wait a bit ... rmmod ath5k; modprobe ath5k then it fails to wakeup the MAC chip every time. But, if I then wait a few seconds, and repeat the rmmod/modprobe commands, then it wakes up and works fine. I'm running a hacked kernel (and ath5k/wifi stack), so could be something I'm doing wrong, but just maybe it will give you a reproducible test case... Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com