[Voyage-linux] Problems with alix 2d3 and madwifi on voyage-current (lenny)
Kim-man 'Punky' TSE
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Mon Feb 23 18:41:10 HKT 2009
Hi,
I encountered stuck beacon problem twice when using trunk r3941. So I
am now testing hal-testing. I am testing on alix3a (initial version)
Regards,
Punky
Panagiotis Malakoudis wrote:
> @Juergen Adolph: If I am not mistaken, the madwifi-modules from Punky
> require the new kernel from voyage 0.6.1, which is built with gcc
> 4.3.2. So you need to update your kernel.
>
> @Punky: I'll try the r3942 and let you know, though before trying
> older versions I think I tried the
> http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-trunk/madwifi-trunk-r3941-20090205.tar.gz
> and I also had stuck beacons. Are you testing in an alix board too?
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE
> <punkytse at punknix.com <mailto:punkytse at punknix.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Forgot to mention, please post your constructive feedback after
> testing these different branches.
> Right now, I am running a simple AP download test using
> hal-testing branch without any stuck bacon for almost 15 hours.
>
> To me, going back to 0.9.4rc2 is not my best option, unless at the
> end we have no stable madwifi.
> Regards,
> Punky
>
>
>
> Kim-man 'Punky' TSE wrote:
>
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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