Return-path: Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:17242 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751704Ab1JSGpj (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:45:39 -0400 Subject: Re: iwlagn is getting very shaky From: "Guy, Wey-Yi" To: Pekka Enberg Cc: David Rientjes , Norbert Preining , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , "ilw@linux.intel.com" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: References: <20111019060108.GA11588@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:55:10 -0700 Message-ID: <1319003710.31823.53.camel@wwguy-huron> (sfid-20111019_084605_063994_B77C9E86) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: hi, On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 23:11 -0700, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:09 AM, David Rientjes wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Norbert Preining wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone > >> > >> (please Cc), > >> > >> I am currently running 3.1.0-rc10, and I am having a hard time with > >> the wlan network here at the university. > >> > >> For quite some time, like 10min, it is fine, then suddently the > >> iwlagn driver gives up on me and connection is dropped. > >> > >> In the log file I see: > >> [ 172.137011] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Tx aggregation enabled on ra = 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef tid = 0 > >> [ 821.841016] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Tx aggregation enabled on ra = 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef tid = 6 > >> [ 1095.580735] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1/3) > >> [ 1095.780076] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2/3) > >> [ 1095.980101] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3/3) > >> [ 1096.180117] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out > >> [ 1105.255464] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:24:c4:ab:bd:ef by local choice (reason=2) > >> [ 1105.255519] iwlagn 0000:06:00.0: Stopping AGG while state not ON or starting > >> [ 1105.265581] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: JP > >> [ 1105.271476] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1) > >> [ 1105.468105] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2) > >> [ 1105.668110] wlan0: authenticate with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3) > >> [ 1105.868090] wlan0: authentication with 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out > >> [ 1113.667890] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 1/3) > >> [ 1113.864116] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 2/3) > >> [ 1114.064095] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 (try 3/3) > >> [ 1114.264109] wlan0: direct probe to 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0 timed out > >> > >> Somewhere around 1100 the connection is gone and never comes back again. > >> > >> I tried removing the driver module from the kernel and reinserting it, > >> tried to turn on and off the hardware swithc (rfkill), all without > >> no success, the wlan connection remains dead until I reboot. > >> > >> I am not sure exactely when it started, I guess somewhere in the > >> 3.1 cycle, before I was permanently working wiht wlan, now I always > >> plug in the cable. > >> > >> If there is any way to track down this, or any suggestions how I can > >> debug it, please let me know. > >> > >> Hardware: Sony VGN-Z11, Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 > >> L1 Enabled; Disabling L0S > >> device EEPROM VER=0x11e, CALIB=0x4 > >> Device SKU: 0Xf0 > >> Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels > >> loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build 33692 (EXP) > >> looks like you are using experimental version of uCode, but by saying that, I don't think i will make much differences so could you dump the tx queue to see if it is the similar problem what Norbert point out thanks Wey > >> > >> On the other hand, the same laptop with the very same configuration > >> works very nicely in my flat's wlan, which is some dirt cheap Japanese > >> only wlan router. > >> > > > > There have been recent issues in 3.1-rc9 reported with iwlagn, see the > > thread at https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/15/107 even though you have > > different hardware. Adding Wey-Yi Guy from Intel and the linux-wireless > > mailing list to the cc. > > I'm seeing very similar problems with 3.1-rc9 when my laptop is > connected to an iPhone WiFi hotspot. Works just fine at home where I > use Airport Express. > > Pekka