On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:26 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 12:24:14PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote: > >> I have already reported on linux-wireless (short: l-w) ML that after >> especially the merge of "AHB Bus support" patchset (see [2]) my ath5k >> was not working as expected in daily use (also modinfo). >> >> I am not sure if it is the driver but reverting the 9 commits in my >> local linux-next GIT seemed to "stabilize" a bit the Internet >> connection. >> The patchset from Nick (see below) definitely helped to stabilize ath5k. > > I imagine that these are the "9 commits" you mean: > >> git rev-list c30ae13..4cebb34 > 4cebb34caa5122216a1e2451eae9e0fc47ec2589 > a0b907ee2a71052fefdf6151764095f3f97b3275 > c31b5c9c806b1fbdc9e98885d897664a0d482989 > e7aecd327d80b2f156b54769013aaccb2a20645a > 8efa5d7d6ad307ae2d220def37ca89594062c40d > 4aa5d783c9e1c72e4950ff34f388077ccecac74a > e5b046d86fac609f636d127a38de94a175c7e83b > 132b1c3ee38ea6fa0501004fd0f19acb554e5a44 > aeae4ac9090462ea38387dcdbac4f01b944af6a4 > > Most of those look fairly harmless so long as you don't define > CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR231X. ÂJust to narrow things down...if you only revert > the first 8 (i.e. leave aeae4ac alone), do you still have problems? > Or does it still "stabilize"? > > That patch converts the driver to the generic DMA API. ÂIt seems > OK at first glance, but I suspect it is the only one likely to be > effecting your situation. > > John > -- > John W. Linville        ÂSomeday the world will need a hero, and you > linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx         Âmight be all we have. ÂBe ready. > Before jumping to another problem, I had a quick look into the appropriate Kconfig file, as you say I have not CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR231X set and that's why AHB support is not selected/built, instead CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pci.o is built. Unfortunately, I can't cleanly revert. Sorry, I can't help. - Sedat - sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch 0001-Revert-Add-ath5k-Use-capabilities-information-for-th.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/qcu.c Now at patch 0001-Revert-Add-ath5k-Use-capabilities-information-for-th.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0001-Revert-ath5k-Fix-reset-and-interrupts-for-AHB-type-o.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/reset.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0001-Revert-ath5k-Fix-reset-and-interrupts-for-AHB-type-o.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0002-Revert-ath5k-Add-AHB-bus-support.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ahb.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/reg.h Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0002-Revert-ath5k-Add-AHB-bus-support.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0003-Revert-ath5k-Add-initial-registers-values-for-radio-.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/initvals.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0003-Revert-ath5k-Add-initial-registers-values-for-radio-.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0004-Revert-ath5k-Add-a-function-to-read-chipset-s-MAC-re.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/attach.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pci.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0004-Revert-ath5k-Add-a-function-to-read-chipset-s-MAC-re.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0005-Revert-ath5k-Check-if-pci-pdev-struct-is-initialized.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/attach.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/reset.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/sysfs.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0005-Revert-ath5k-Check-if-pci-pdev-struct-is-initialized.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0006-Revert-ath5k-Use-generic-eeprom-read-from-common-ath.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/eeprom.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/eeprom.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pci.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0006-Revert-ath5k-Use-generic-eeprom-read-from-common-ath.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0007-Revert-ath5k-Move-PCI-bus-functions-to-separate-file.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c Hunk #5 succeeded at 3636 (offset 9 lines). patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pci.c Now at patch revert-ath5k-patches/0007-Revert-ath5k-Move-PCI-bus-functions-to-separate-file.patch sd@tbox:~/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.37-rc4/debian/build/source_i386_none$ LC_ALL=C quilt -f push Applying patch revert-ath5k-patches/0008-Revert-ath5k-Introduce-ath5k_init_softc-function-as-.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/attach.c patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c Hunk #4 FAILED at 2338. Hunk #5 succeeded at 2530 (offset 1 line). Hunk #6 succeeded at 2736 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #7 succeeded at 2745 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #8 succeeded at 2886 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #9 succeeded at 2904 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #10 succeeded at 2916 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #11 succeeded at 2938 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #12 succeeded at 3583 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #13 succeeded at 3617 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #14 succeeded at 3713 (offset 9 lines). Hunk #15 succeeded at 3868 (offset 9 lines). 1 out of 15 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c.rej patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/eeprom.c Applied patch revert-ath5k-patches/0008-Revert-ath5k-Introduce-ath5k_init_softc-function-as-.patch (forced; needs refresh) - EOT - -- 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
