[Voyage-linux] Problems with alix 2d3 and madwifi on voyage-current (lenny)
Punky Tse
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Sat Feb 21 17:32:57 HKT 2009
Hi,
For your leisure reading, please find this in-depth information on stuck
beacon problem:
http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/StuckBeacon
Regards,
Punky
Juergen Adolph wrote:
> Hi Panky,
>
> first thanks for the 0.6.1 and recompiling the kernel with gcc 4.3.2,
> but does not work for me!
>
> dmesg:
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
> wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon miss count: 11)
>
>
> any clue?
>
>
> -ja
>
> ----- "Punky Tse" <punkytse at punknix.com> schrieb:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Voyage kernel in 0.6.1 is now compiled under Lenny, hence it make use
>> if
>> gcc 4.3.2 now.
>>
>> - Punky
>>
>>
>> Panagiotis Malakoudis wrote:
>>
>>> As I said in my follow up message, building the linux voyage kernel
>>>
>>> inside voyage-current (thus making use of lenny's gcc 4.3.2) almost
>>>
>>> eliminates the problem. After 24 hours uptime, I only got five
>>>
>> "stuck
>>
>>> beacon" lines in my dmesg, and the performance is great. I haven't
>>>
>> yet
>>
>>> tried any newer version of madwifi.
>>>
>>> I would suggest the voyage team to build the voyage kernel under a
>>> voyage-current (lenny) environment on the 0.6.1 release.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Ward Vandewege <ward at pong.be
>>> <mailto:ward at pong.be>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 07:17:51PM +0100, Juergen Adolph wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > accurately the same hardware/config. accurately the same
>>>
>> problem!
>>
>>> I'm seeing the same problem on alix 2c3 with madwifi and
>>> voyage-current.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ward.
>>>
>>> > ----- "Panagiotis Malakoudis" <malakudi at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:malakudi at gmail.com>> schrieb:
>>> >
>>> > > I updated one of my ALIX 2D3 systems with voyage-current
>>> (lenny) and I
>>> > > keep getting messages like:
>>> > > wifi0: ath_bstuck_tasklet: Stuck beacon; resetting (beacon
>>> miss count:
>>> > > 11)
>>> > > or
>>> > > wifi0: ath_rxorn_tasklet: Receive FIFO overrun; resetting.
>>> > > and even this some times
>>> > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0: transmit timed out
>>> > > ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>> > > WARNING: at net/sched/sch_generic.c:223
>>>
>> dev_watchdog+0x8a/0xe2()
>>
>>> > > [<c0113530>] warn_on_slowpath+0x40/0x65
>>> > > [<c0128b17>] tick_handle_periodic+0xc/0x55
>>> > > [<d0922b9c>] zz00050ae3+0xdc/0xf0 [ath_hal]
>>> > > [<d09a11b1>] ath_set_ack_bitrate+0x161/0x168 [ath_pci]
>>> > > [<d0989c13>] ath_reset+0x223/0x263 [ath_pci]
>>> > > [<c025872a>] dev_watchdog+0x0/0xe2
>>> > > [<c025872a>] dev_watchdog+0x0/0xe2
>>> > > [<c02587b4>] dev_watchdog+0x8a/0xe2
>>> > > [<c0119f2c>] run_timer_softirq+0xfc/0x15d
>>> > > [<c0116f73>] __do_softirq+0x35/0x75
>>> > > [<c0116fd5>] do_softirq+0x22/0x26
>>> > > [<c011713b>] irq_exit+0x25/0x5d
>>> > > [<c0104f35>] do_IRQ+0x50/0x60
>>> > > [<c0103973>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
>>> > >
>>> > > I've read in some fora that this might be fixed if you
>>>
>> build
>>
>>> kernel
>>> > > and madwifi tools with latest gcc - 4.3.2 (it seems that
>>>
>> current
>>
>>> > > voyage kernel is built with gcc 4.1.2), so I am going to
>>>
>> try
>>
>>> that, but
>>> > > I first would like to know if any other people experience
>>>
>> such
>>
>>> kind of
>>> > > problems.
>>> > > I run my CM9 atheros card as an Access Point bridged with
>>> eth0, with
>>> > > WPA2-PSK.
>>> > >
>>> > > I never had any such problems with voyage 0.5.2 in this
>>> configuration.
>>> > >
>>> > >
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>>> >
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