Return-path: Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:54233 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752291Ab1FCQHE (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:07:04 -0400 Received: by gyd10 with SMTP id 10so803814gyd.19 for ; Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:07:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tomh (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: tom) by zooty.my.lan (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 398118848D for ; Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:07:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 12:07:00 -0400 From: Tom Horsley To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: USB dongle running hotter in new kernel Message-ID: <20110603120700.07acdaee@tomh> (sfid-20110603_180708_700110_58A75B9B) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I have a Belkin USB dongle I use for an access point via hostapd. Here's the lsusb info: Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:705a Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v3000 [Ralink RT2573] On fedora 14, kernel 2.6.35.13-91.fc14.x86_64 when I have it plugged in an running with my android phone connected, it gets warmish, but not too hot. On fedora 15, kernel 2.6.38.6-27.fc15.x86_64, it gets quite hot (not enough to raise blisters when I unplug it, but still noticeably warmer). In fact, I think the heat makes it shut down because I keep losing wlan0 at random times. Is there something I can tweak to fix this, or information I can provide to help understand it? I see various errors in dmesg when I plug it in, yet it does seem to be working: [162935.466041] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [162935.753964] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=050d, idProduct=705a [162935.753971] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber= 0 [162935.753978] usb 1-3: Product: Belkin 54g USB Network Adapter [162935.753982] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Belkin [162935.878471] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain [162935.920599] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: [162935.920605] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_ eirp) [162935.920611] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162935.920617] (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162935.920622] (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162935.920627] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162935.920633] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162936.063578] phy0 -> rt2500usb_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset detected. [162936.063586] phy0 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device. [162936.063647] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb [162936.370198] phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel' [162936.370663] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::radio [162936.370704] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::assoc [162936.370741] Registered led device: rt73usb-phy1::quality [162936.371310] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb [162936.446340] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US [162936.452577] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US [162936.452581] (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) [162936.452585] (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm) [162936.452589] (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm) [162936.452593] (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162936.452596] (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162936.452600] (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm) [162936.452603] (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm) [162941.448940] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [162942.035787] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected. [162942.049758] padlock: VIA PadLock not detected. [162952.026015] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present (the above is from fedora 14 where it is not running too hot).