[Voyage-linux] Problems with alix 2d3 and madwifi on voyage-current (lenny)
Juergen Adolph
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Sat Feb 21 20:35:30 HKT 2009
Hi Punky,
many thanks for this info! now, it works fine for me.
Regards,
Juergen
----- "Punky Tse" <punkytse at punknix.com> schrieb:
> 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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> >>> > --
> >>> > Juergen Adolph
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
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