On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Bruno Randolf <br1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed December 1 2010 19:09:03 Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have built today a linux-next (next-20101201) kernel which includes
>> wireless-next-2.6 up to master-2010-11-30.
[...]
>> Unfortunately, my wlan network connection is totally unstable.
[...]
> 1.) For identification of the chipset, please:
> dmesg |grep "ath5.*chip"
>
> 2.) Is there a problem when you don't use encryption?
>
> 3.) git bisect might help track it down.
>
> bruno
OK, I did not a "classic" git-bisect, I created from linux-next
(next-20101202) GIT tree a revert-ath5k patchset (30 in total).
[1] VERY GOOD: Revertiing all 30 patches
...leads to a stable system.
[2] REDUCED DISCONNECTIONS DROPS: Reverting 0001..0008
This stabilizes the system, but... listening to a radio
broadcast-stream with VLC is a pain in the ass... permanent audio
dropouts. I had only 2 disconnections in the first 10mins when system
was up (normally I can see disconnects after loggin into my KDE
desktop).
[3] GOOD AUDIO STREAMING: Reverting 0001..0014
This is just fine, system like I am used to.
[4] CONCLUSION
So I played a bit with my revert-patchset.
Reverting 0001..0008 + a refreshed v2 of
0014-Revert-ath5k-Use-turbo-flag-on-DCU.patch (patch attached) is
doing the job here.
Having a closer look into 0008 (parts of
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/reset.c):
$ grep AR5212 patches/revert-wireless-patches/0008-Revert-ath5k-Support-synth-only-channel-change-for-A.patch
- if (ah->ah_version == AR5K_AR5212)
+ * On AR5212 TSF is almost preserved across a
- * On AR5212 TSF is almost preserved across a
+ if (ah->ah_version == AR5K_AR5212) {
- if (ah->ah_version == AR5K_AR5212 &&
As I mentionned I have a AR5212 wlan device!
What to do with that parts?
Any idea?
Kind Regards,
- Sedat -
P.S.: I have added a list containing all commit-ids (chronological)
and a script how I reverted (documenting for myself).
$ ls patches/revert-wireless-patches/00*.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0001-Revert-ath5k-Set-turbo-bit-on-rf-bank-2.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0002-Revert-ath5k-Clean-up-turbo-mode-initvals-rfregs.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0003-Revert-ath5k-Cleanup-turbo-channel-flags.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0004-Revert-ath5k-Use-correct-clock-when-setting-ofdm-tim.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0005-Revert-ath5k-Skip-tx-power-setting-on-AR5210-for-now.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0006-Revert-ath5k-Tweak-phy-activate-to-rx-start-delay-ba.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0007-Revert-ath5k-No-need-to-save-restore-staid-flags-on-.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0008-Revert-ath5k-Support-synth-only-channel-change-for-A.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0009-Revert-ath5k-Skip-powertable-setting-when-we-are-on-.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0010-Revert-ath5k-Update-PLL-programming-for-turbo-half-q.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0011-Revert-ath5k-Update-spur-mitigation-filter-for-turbo.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0012-Revert-ath5k-Tweak-power-detector-delays-on-RF5111-R.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0013-Revert-ath5k-Always-set-IFS-intervals-on-reset.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0014-Revert-ath5k-Use-turbo-flag-on-DCU.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0015-Revert-ath5k-Set-all-IFS-intervals-not-just-slot-tim.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0016-Revert-ath5k-Extend-rate_duration.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0017-Revert-ath5k-Extend-get_default_sifs-slot_time.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0018-Revert-ath5k-Move-tx-retries-setting-outside-reset_t.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0019-Revert-ath5k-Increase-PHY-settling-parameters-for-tu.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0020-Revert-ath5k-Small-cleanup-on-tweak_initvals.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0021-Revert-ath5k-Put-core-clock-initialization-on-a-new-.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0022-Revert-ath5k-Add-new-field-on-ath5k_hw-to-track-band.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0023-Revert-ath5k-Use-new-function-to-stop-beacon-queue.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0024-Revert-ath5k-Check-RXE-when-setting-RXDP.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0025-Revert-ath5k-Use-DCU-early-termination-correctly.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0026-Revert-ath5k-Debug-DMA-timeouts.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0027-Revert-ath5k-Use-new-dma_stop-function-on-base.c.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0028-Revert-ath5k-Stop-PCU-on-reset.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0029-Revert-ath5k-Add-new-function-to-stop-rx-tx-DMA.patch
patches/revert-wireless-patches/0030-Revert-ath5k-Reset-cleanup-and-generic-cleanup.patch
Index: linux-next/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c =================================================================== --- linux-next.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c +++ linux-next/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c @@ -647,11 +647,6 @@ * on ath5k_hw_set_ifs_intervals */ ath5k_hw_set_tx_retry_limits(ah, 0); - /* Set the turbo flag when operating on 40MHz */ - if (ah->ah_bwmode == AR5K_BWMODE_40MHZ) - AR5K_REG_ENABLE_BITS(ah, AR5K_DCU_GBL_IFS_MISC, - AR5K_DCU_GBL_IFS_MISC_TURBO_MODE); - /* If we didn't set IFS timings through * ath5k_hw_set_coverage_class make sure * we set them here */
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