Return-path: Received: from mail-pv0-f174.google.com ([74.125.83.174]:51124 "EHLO mail-pv0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752302Ab1BYIoX convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:44:23 -0500 Received: by pvg12 with SMTP id 12so218245pvg.19 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:44:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20110224182022.57e32862@toddler> <20110224200203.GB17412@elie> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:14:21 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k causes lockups since kernel 2.6.35 From: Mohammed Shafi To: Jonathan Nieder , Tony Houghton Cc: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, linux-wireless , Jouni Malinen , Senthil Balasubramanian , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan , Vivek Natarajan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> (just cc-ing some people listed in MAINTAINERS) >> Hi, >> >> Tony Houghton wrote: >> >>> With 2.6.37 I can not use suspend on my Compaq/HP 311c (Intel Atom >>> N270/NVidia Ion LE). Originally the machine just kept locking up without >>> even blanking the display when I tried to suspend (using the GNOME menu >>> or by shutting the lid). I upgraded upower and gnome-power-manager etc >>> to experimental and after that the machine suspended OK but could not >>> resume. The backlight came on but the screen stayed blank and I could >>> not get to a console or anything with Alt+Fn. >> [...] >>> I tried replacing network-manager with wicd but that crashed the system >>> when it connected instead of when disconnected. >> [...] >>> While testing different kernels I found it would crash at different >>> times, usually before the screen turned off for suspending, but >>> sometimes it would crash on resuming and occasionally it locked up while >>> booting, but it's always a complete lock-up ie the keyboard is >>> completely responsive, including caps lock, the mouse won't move if the >>> display is still on, and the only way out is to hold down the power >>> button. >> [...] >>> I haven't tried looking in logs because the crashes are so severe I >>> don't think they'd be able to record anything useful. But using git >>> bisect I think I have tracked down the change that started causing this >>> problem: >>> >>> 53bc7aa08b48e5cd745f986731cc7dc24eef2a9f is the first bad commit >>> commit 53bc7aa08b48e5cd745f986731cc7dc24eef2a9f >>> Author: Vivek Natarajan >>> Date: ? Mon Apr 5 14:48:04 2010 +0530 >>> >>> ? ? ath9k: Add support for newer AR9285 chipsets. >>> >>> ? ? This patch adds support for a modified newer version of AR9285 >>> ? ? chipsets. >>> >>> ? ? Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan >>> ? ? Signed-off-by: John W. Linville >> >> The adaptor is an AR9285[1]. >> >> That commit is based against v2.6.33 and was merged in v2.6.35-rc1 >> >> $ git describe 53bc7aa08b48e5cd745f986731cc7dc24eef2a9f >> v2.6.33-3523-g53bc7aa >> $ git name-rev --tags 53bc7aa08b48e5cd745f986731cc7dc24eef2a9f >> 53bc7aa08b48e5cd745f986731cc7dc24eef2a9f tags/v2.6.35-rc1~473^2~167^2~346 >> >> Any ideas for tracking this down? > > is this issue still reproducible ? > Apart from this reporting I have not seen any other ?issues for AR9285. sorry just now saw's Tonys message in linux wireless mailing list > >> >> Thanks, >> Jonathan >> >> [1] >>> 84: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_2b' >>> ? pci.device_protocol = 0 ?(0x0) ?(int) >>> ? pci.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' ?(string) >>> ? info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.' ?(string) >>> ? pci.product = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter >>> (PCI-Express)' ?(string) linux.sysfs_path = >>> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:03:00.0' ?(strin g) >>> ? info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_ac6' ?(string) >>> ? info.linux.driver = 'ath9k' ?(string) >>> ? pci.subsys_vendor = 'Hewlett-Packard Company' ?(string) >>> ? linux.hotplug_type = 2 ?(0x2) ?(int) >>> ? linux.subsystem = 'pci' ?(string) >>> ? info.subsystem = 'pci' ?(string) >>> ? info.product = 'AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter >>> (PCI-Express)' ?(string) info.udi = >>> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_2b' ?(string) >>> pci.linux.sysfs_path = >>> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.0/0000:03:00.0' ?(string) >>> pci.product_id = 43 ?(0x2b) ?(int) pci.vendor_id = 5772 ?(0x168c) >>> (int) pci.subsys_product_id = 12352 ?(0x3040) ?(int) >>> pci.subsys_vendor_id = 4156 ?(0x103c) ?(int) pci.device_class = 2 >>> (0x2) ?(int) pci.device_subclass = 128 ?(0x80) ?(int) >> _______________________________________________ >> ath9k-devel mailing list >> ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org >> https://lists.ath9k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath9k-devel >> >