Hi,
On my old Thinkpad T42p running linux-2.6.31-rc5-246-g90bc1a6,
after suspend-to-RAM ath5k cannot associate to an AP using WPA
anymore. It worked with kernel 2.6.29.1. I'm not using network
manager etc. but connect manually with "ifup wlan0=foo" with the
following in /etc/network/interfaces:
iface foo inet dhcp
#wpa-driver nl80211
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-ssid some string
wpa-psk some key
If I use nl80211 the second ifup fails with
"SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error" messages and the follwing
is in dmesg:
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k phy0: can't reset hardware (-5)
With wext it does not give these errors, but the connection
is unstable after the second ifup.
# lspci -s 02:02.0 -v
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: IBM Device 057e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at c0210000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Kernel modules: ath5k
dmesg after boot:
cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
(2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
(5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
(5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
(5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
(5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
(5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: registered as 'phy0'
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x62
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
ath: Regpair used: 0x62
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel'
Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43)
ath5k phy0: RF5112B multiband radio found (0x36)
syslog after ifup when it works:
Aug 7 20:13:27 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='...' freq=2412 MHz)
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: Association request to the driver failed
Aug 7 20:13:28 void kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 20:13:28 void kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Aug 7 20:13:28 void kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 20:13:28 void kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:00:00:00:00:00 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
Aug 7 20:13:28 void kernel: wlan0: associated
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:00:00:00:00:00 [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
Aug 7 20:13:28 void wpa_supplicant[9932]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:00:00:00:00:00 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
syslog after ifdown -> suspend -> resume -> ifup
Aug 7 23:10:02 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Aug 7 23:10:02 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='...' freq=2412 MHz)
Aug 7 23:10:02 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Association request to the driver failed
Aug 7 23:10:07 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Aug 7 23:10:07 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Failed to initiate AP scan.
Aug 7 23:10:08 void kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 23:10:08 void kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Aug 7 23:10:08 void kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 23:10:08 void kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:00:00:00:00:00 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)
Aug 7 23:10:08 void kernel: wlan0: associated
Aug 7 23:10:08 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Associated with 00:00:00:00:00:00
Aug 7 23:10:08 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:00:00:00:00:00 [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
Aug 7 23:10:08 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:00:00:00:00:00 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
Aug 7 23:10:12 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS
Aug 7 23:10:12 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Trying to associate with 00:00:00:00:00:00 (SSID='...' freq=2412 MHz)
Aug 7 23:10:12 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Association request to the driver failed
Aug 7 23:10:12 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Aug 7 23:10:17 void wpa_supplicant[16215]: Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
(etc. -- repeats)
(The difference is the "Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.")
To fix this I need to unload and reload the ath5k module
(with modprobe ath5k -r, so it actually unloads ath, mac80211
and cfg80211, too). When I reload ath5k, it often fails with:
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: registered as 'phy0'
ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
ath5k: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
Sometimes I can fix this by unloading + reloading again,
but often I need to unload, suspend, resume, reload to
get it back in a working state.
During resume the following is logged:
ath5k 0000:02:02.0: restoring config space at offset 0x3 (was 0x5008, writing 0xa808)
pm_op(): pci_pm_resume+0x0/0x79 returns -16
PM: Device 0000:00:00.0 failed to resume: error -16
Not sure if this is causing the problem?
In case it matters:
CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_DEFAULT_PS_VALUE=1
Thanks,
Johannes
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