On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Karl Beldan <karl.beldan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:08:54PM +0200, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi, >> >>> >> >>> This broke monitor mode: >> >>> (unsetting .power_update_binding does not hang) >> >>> >> >>> modprobe iwlmvm >> >>> iw dev wlan0 set type monitor >> >>> iw dev wlan0 set freq 5180 40 5190 # hangs >> >>> >> >>> Can you reproduce it easily or do you need me to post further dbg info ? >> >>> >> >> >> >> We have an open bug on this internally - thanks for reporting. >> > >> > OK, BTW I have errors like >> > - "Microcode SW error detected." upon monitor up >> >> reading your mail again - is this related to monitor mode or not? >> > Yes, at least that's part of what I meant by "upon monitor up", it seems > to happen systematically when I bring a monitor iface up. > >> > - "iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: FW error in SYNC CMD TXPATH_FLUSH" sometimes >> > after the subsequent ieee80211_restart_hw >> > - "WARNING: ... iwlwifi/mvm/binding.c:201 iwl_mvm_binding_remove_vif" >> > when removing a monitor iface >> > >> > You must have seen those too. I will avoid this tree with iwlwifi then. >> > >> >> I probably misunderstood this last sentence? > > I ecountered many problems with mvm in this tree, Eyal quickly fixed the > rs unending search cycle, you told me the monitor deadlock was already > filed internally on your side, the ones I mentioned in this thread, also > it seems that with the 7260-8.ucode I don't get anything on a monitor > iface except the mere traffic of another associated iface (when I have > such one). > Except maybe for the latter?, these bugs seem easy enough to trigger > and alarming enough that I suspect you already must be on your way to > fixing what you deem needs to .. and thus I did not feel bad not > dissecting or reporting further and droping this tree with iwlwifi. > I hope this clarifies the meaning and intention of the last sentence. > > I have been using the 7260 since last summer and, as I already mentioned > to Johannes, found it very useful, and wouldn't mind giving some > other out-of-tree patches a go. > Monitor mode should work with latest wireless-testing now. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
