On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2011-01-10 1:23 PM, Bill Jordan wrote: >> >> This routine is failing a lot on my AR9160. The ((reg& 0x7E7FFFEF) == >> 0x00702400) test is the one that always fails. There is no debug >> messages in this path, so it may not be obvious whether others are >> experiencing the problem. >> >> This forces ath9k_tasklet to reset the hardware. If I increase the >> count to 500, I can eliminate most of the resets, so the hardware >> isn't really hung. However, it sometimes takes over 25 milliseconds >> before the test condition passes. >> >> I don't have specs for the radio, and the numeric constants aren't >> very useful, so I can't tell what condition we are waiting for or why. >> >> Can someone with a spec shed some light on this problem? > > I just posted a 4-patch series, the last patch of that should take care of > this problem. Please test. > > - Felix > I tried your patch. It improved the situation, but it still reset every couple minutes. It also seems to reset a few times in quick succession every time it resets. What is the routine testing for? Is this a test for a stuck transmitter? I'm in a very noisy environment, and it could take a while to transmit. Bill Jordan -- 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
