Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f214.google.com ([209.85.219.214]:40931 "EHLO mail-ew0-f214.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751123AbZG2VH3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:07:29 -0400 Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so297353ewy.37 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:07:28 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A709E55.2070909@candelatech.com> References: <200907280838.42541@fortytwo.ch> <40f31dec0907281653g63375736id57f547a8ba12cad@mail.gmail.com> <200907291211.21133@fortytwo.ch> <4A709E55.2070909@candelatech.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:07:28 +0300 Message-ID: <40f31dec0907291407p18d2a645u1736ecd4f0258a8a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: ath5k connection loss (failed to wakeup the MAC Chip) From: Nick Kossifidis To: Ben Greear Cc: Adrian von Bidder , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/7/29 Ben Greear : > 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 > Patch on the way ;-) -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick