Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f175.google.com ([74.125.82.175]:40327 "EHLO mail-we0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932391Ab3CMPLi convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:11:38 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f175.google.com with SMTP id x8so1106738wey.20 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:11:37 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alessandro Lannocca" To: "'Jussi Kivilinna'" , "'Larry Finger'" Cc: , "'George0505'" Subject: Re: rtl8192cu gets confused when scan is aborted by bringing interface down (Re: rtl8192cu goes silent/dead after some time...) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:11:36 +0100 Message-ID: <000001ce1ffd$0ecd5e10$2c681a30$@gmail.com> (sfid-20130313_161141_264045_130AB650) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, some months ago I reported some bugs about this chipset; now I tried latest stable compat-drivers (3.9-rc2-2-su) with the modified patch by Jussi Kivilinna, and I'm happy to report that it works with my alfa AWUS036NHR on ubuntu 12.10 with kernel 3.5; The card now sustains multiple connection/disconnection cicles, and doesn't go mute, even after changing mac address. Some problems still remains: -led is always solid, no blinking whatsoever. -in monitor mode, every client appears as not associated, even when it really is. -power/signal strength readings (in networkmanager) seem to be fuzzy, almost inverse; nearest APs have lowest signal representation, while farest ones get strongest signal (this could very well be a networkmanager bug/misrepresentation); signal appears normal when the card is connected (only the reading relative to the connected AP) I know you're probably understaffed and have a lot of work to do, however if you're willing to have a look at this secondary problems (Mr. Finger perhaps), I'm willing to recompile, test and report back to help squash these bugs. I'm attaching a debug=5 log to show my tests. As of now, this chipset/card is usable (signal reading is annoying btw) Thank you all for your work. Alessandro Lannocca -----Messaggio originale----- Da: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org] Per conto di Jussi Kivilinna Inviato: martedì 12 marzo 2013 20.49 A: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; 'George0505' Oggetto: Re: rtl8192cu gets confused when scan is aborted by bringing interface down (Re: rtl8192cu goes silent/dead after some time...) On 12.03.2013 18:51, Larry Finger wrote: > On 03/12/2013 04:10 AM, Jussi Kivilinna wrote: >> >> That patch alone did not help.. however replacing >> _rtl92cu_set_check_bssid() >> with that new rtl92cu_set_check_bssid() does fix the issue (patch >> attached). >> >> But I think _rtl92cu_set_check_bssid() needs to be rechecked since it >> has '(IS_NORMAL_CHIP(rtlhal->version))' conditional etc. > > I doubt that that IS_NORMAL_CHIP business affects us - the test chips > are not supposed to be in the wild, but I modified your patch to > include that test. > Modified patch works here. > With that patch I am getting watchdog_wq callbacks that force a > reconnection every 6 seconds, but that is due to other changes in my > code. The result is a 34% loss of pings, but the connection stays up. > No problems here.. <1% loss and can do large transfers, rtl8192cu being able to reconnect is connection is dropped. -Jussi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html