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.. and make sure you do a full hardware reset (power off, wait, power
on) when you downgrade or upgrade.

Some of the register settings may be once-only and require a power
cycle to change.




adrian


On 22 April 2013 10:30, Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wasn't there a recent change to ath9k which reverted an initval
> change? Specifically for the AR9485?
>
> The problem was an unstable PLL that shows up when you do aggressive
> PCIe PHY power save.
>
> The change was to go back to the previous PCIe initval array.
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
> On 22 April 2013 05:30, Gerry Gavigan <gerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> After some discussion :
>>
>> https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/484686-advanced-atheros-issue-12-3-ath9k-64bit-frequent-random-de-auths-2.html
>>
>> I have been advised to seek help here as the phase lock loop is not working.
>>
>> In case it's relevant:
>>
>> - the wifi was working if possibly slightly unstable until I upgraded to
>> 3.8.7
>>   (to cure suspend and resume on a gma500 in an AAO)
>>
>> - Downgrading didn't work
>>
>> lspci -nn returns
>>
>> 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485
>> Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
>>
>> dmesg reports
>>
>> [ 24.800514] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 24.800563] WARNING: at
>> /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-desktop-3.7.10/linux-3.7/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c:794
>> ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0xa8/0xc0 [ath9k_hw]()
>> [ 24.800567] Hardware name: AOD270
>> [ 24.800571] Modules linked in: xt_tcpudp xt_pkttype xt_LOG xt_limit
>> af_packet bnep bluetooth ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6
>> ip6table_raw ipt_REJECT iptable_raw xt_CT iptable_filter ip6table_mangle
>> nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast nf_conntrack_ipv4
>> nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_tables xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ip6table_filter
>> ip6_tables x_tables cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave
>> acpi_cpufreq mperf coretemp iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support acer_wmi
>> sparse_keymap snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel
>> snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_seq microcode serio_raw pcspkr i2c_i801
>> snd_timer snd_seq_device uvcvideo videobuf2_core sg videodev
>> videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops lpc_ich mfd_core arc4 joydev snd ath9k
>> rts_pstor(C) mac80211 ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath cfg80211 rfkill r8169
>> soundcore snd_page_alloc wmi ac battery button autofs4 gma500_gfx
>> drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit video thermal processor thermal_sys
>> scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh
>> [ 24.800687] Pid: 64, comm: kworker/u:3 Tainted: G C 3.7.10-1.1-desktop #1
>> [ 24.800690] Call Trace:
>> [ 24.800713] [<c0205779>] try_stack_unwind+0x199/0x1b0
>> [ 24.800729] [<c0204487>] dump_trace+0x47/0xf0
>> [ 24.800740] [<c02057db>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x4b/0x60
>> [ 24.800749] [<c0205808>] show_trace+0x18/0x20
>> [ 24.800760] [<c06fbeeb>] dump_stack+0x6d/0x72
>> [ 24.800812] [<c0238cb8>] warn_slowpath_common+0x78/0xb0
>> [ 24.800855] [<c0238d0b>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1b/0x20
>> [ 24.800897] [<f7c84448>] ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0xa8/0xc0 [ath9k_hw]
>> [ 24.800941] [<f7b2d2b8>] ath_hw_pll_work+0x48/0xc0 [ath9k]
>> [ 24.801012] [<c02527dc>] process_one_work+0x10c/0x400
>> [ 24.801038] [<c0253e89>] worker_thread+0x119/0x3b0
>> [ 24.801055] [<c02584f2>] kthread+0x92/0xa0
>> [ 24.801076] [<c070dc67>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28
>> [ 24.801093] [<c0258460>] kthread_create_on_node+0xd0/0xd0
>> [ 24.808339] DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kthread+0x0/0xa0
>> [ 24.808346]
>> [ 24.808350] Leftover inexact backtrace:
>> [ 24.808350]
>> [ 24.808361] ---[ end trace 33960a031f166c71 ]---
>>
>>
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