ath9k_htc driver bug report =========================== I'm writing in to report a bug (I think) with the ath9k_htc driver. I am using a TP-LINK TL-WN722N USB wireless adapter. According to the USB drivers page [1], this device uses the ath9k_htc driver, and the ath9k_htc driver page [2] requests that readers "report bugs, crashes, weird behavior and other general tantrums thrown by the driver." That's what I'm doing now. I am attempting to use the TL-WN722N to create a wireless access point. (Yeah, I'm sure there's better devices out there. Spare me the sarcasm, but please do give a suggestion for better-supported hardware.) I have briefly been able to make this work: my phone has associated with an access point advertised by the TL-WN722N and accessed outside networks at wonderfully zippy WiFi speeds. Unfortunately, the AP functioned for a mere matter of minutes. This has made me wonder whether the issue lies with netctl (the high-level network manager I'm using) or underlying software. Unfortunately, the latter appears to be the case. Merely bringing up the wireless interface with the `ip` utility causes gobs of nasty information to be printed to the system log. You ask for a bit of information on the "Reporting_bugs" web page, and what follows is my best attempt to provide that information. Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help diagnose or fix this issue. I'm modestly experienced with software engineering, Linux system administration and computer networking, and I am happy to learn more, but this is totally new to me. Please CC me when replying. I am not subscribed to this mailing list. device information ------------------ Trimmed output from `sudo bash -c 'lsusb -v'` is available here: http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/tl-wn722n-lsusb.txt Device firmware is installed on the system. $ find /usr/lib/firmware -name '*9271*' /usr/lib/firmware/ar9271.fw /usr/lib/firmware/htc_9271.fw software versions ----------------- Here you go: $ uname -a Linux pine 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ ip -V ip utility, iproute2-ss141009 $ netctl --version netctl version 1.9 command invocations and log output ---------------------------------- The system has three physical interfaces. enp2s0 is used as an external interface, and the internal interfaces are enp3s0 and wlp0s18f0u4. $ ip link show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: enp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether b8:97:5a:04:f4:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 68:05:ca:01:20:a0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 6: wlp0s18f0u4: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether e8:de:27:1a:31:a6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff The wireless interface can successfully be brought up and down. $ sudo ip link set dev wlp0s18f0u4 up; echo $? 0 $ sudo ip link set dev wlp0s18f0u4 down; echo $? 0 I executed `iw event -t` before executing the `ip` commands above. It had nothing to say. I also executed `dmesg --follow > ~/tmp/dmesg.log` while executing the `ip` commands above, and it had lots to say: $ wc ~/tmp/dmesg.log 61391 385687 5337913 /home/ichimonji10/tmp/dmesg.log `dmesg.log` is available here: http://www.ichimonji10.name/downloads/tl-wn722n-dmesg.txt -Jeremy "Ichimonji10" Audet [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netctl -- 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
