[Voyage-linux] Problems with alix 2d3 and madwifi on voyage-current (lenny)

[Kim-man 'Punky' TSE]

Hi all,

Apart from backport 0.9.4rc2, I have built whole lots of madwifi from 
different branches for testing, and they are now in

http://www.voyage.hk/dists/experimental/madwifi/

The branches are:
    hal-testing (openwrt/dd-wrt) : 
madwifi-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage_0.9.4+r3942.20090205haltesting-1+6.0-3_i386.deb
    hal-0.10.5.6 : 
madwifi-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage_0.9.4+r3942.20090205hal0.10.5.6-1+6.0-3_i386.deb
    hal-free : 
madwifi-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage_0.9.4+r3952.20090213free-1+6.0-3_i386.deb

Regards,
Punky

Juergen Adolph wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed the latest pkg from 22-Feb-2009:
>  
> madwifi-modules-2.6.26-486-voyage_0.9.4~rc2-1+6.0-3_i386.deb
>
> and now, it works without any stuck beacon error - great!
>
> many thanks!
>
> regards,
> juergen
>
> ----- "Panagiotis Malakoudis" <malakudi at gmail.com> schrieb:
>
>   
>> Ok, made some more progress!!!
>>
>> I patched the madwifi-source 0.9.4~rc2 with the diff file from
>> http://madwifi-project.org/changeset/3696/madwifi/branches/madwifi-0.9.4
>> so that it can compile under 2.6.26 and that fixed my "stuck beacon"
>> problems. I haven't seen a single "stuck beacon" with this setup. It
>> seems the wireless performance is quite slower than the same
>> combination with 2.6.23, but I am still checking on this.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Panagiotis Malakoudis <
>> malakudi at gmail.com > wrote:
>>
>>
>> It certainly isn't a voyage problem. It's a madwifi problem, but since
>> voyage is used in many wireless applications, it becomes a voyage
>> problem too unfortunately.
>>
>> Juergen 's settings didn't help me. I was struggling to find a
>> solution, since I don't like the idea to stay in the old voyage
>> version.
>> I built voyage-kernel 2.6.23 with gcc 4.1.3 (2.6.23 doesn't compile
>> with 4.3.2) and tried the madwifi-source of r3772. Again, I had stuck
>> beacon errors and reboots.
>>
>> Then I used the madwifi-source of 0.9.4~rc2 and that fixed the
>> problem!!! Unfortunately, madwifi-source 0.9.4~rc2 does not compile
>> with 2.6.26. I get the following error:
>>
>> CC [M] /usr/src/modules/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_power.o
>> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_power.c: In function
>> 'ieee80211_pwrs
>> ave':
>> /usr/src/modules/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240: error:
>> implicit declara
>> tion of function '__skb_append'
>>
>> __skb_append became obsolete in 2.6.26.
>>
>> So, for now I'll be using 2.6.23 + madwifi 0.9.4~rc2 and I'll keep
>> trying various older madwifi releases with 2.6.26 to see if I can find
>> a working combination.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Leigh Orf < orf at mailbag.com > wrote:
>>
>>
>> I just wanted to chime in as another person who has an alix 2d3
>> running voyage 0.6.0 who has had the same problems with the stuck
>> beacons, NETDEV watchdog timeout message, etc. Also, sometimes hostapd
>> gets stuck in an infinite loop of auth/death which is only fixed bring
>> ath0 down and up again. I subscribed to this list partially to see if
>> these problems had a solution. I do not believe it is a voyage linux
>> only problem. I look forward to trying out ath5k in access point mode
>> - it isn't there yet.
>>
>> I have managed 8 days uptime max before the board reboots itself
>> suddenly after a trickle of stuck beacons and NETDEV WATCHDOG: wifi0:
>> transmit timed out messages. I will soon update to 0.6.1.
>>
>> Leigh
>> --
>> Leigh Orf
>> Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science
>> Room 130G Engineering and Technology
>> Department of Geology
>> Central Michigan University
>> Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
>> (989)774-1923
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>>
>>
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Regards,
Punky

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