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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:45 PM, wireless newbie <wnewbie72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried (almost) bleeding edge compat wireless drivers (dated
> 1.11.2011) but the same problem persists. It turns out that the
> problem is in AGC calibration in function ar9003_hw_init_cal. It times
> out. This is what ath9k_hw_wait prints to log:
>
> ath: timeout (100000 us) on reg 0xa2c4: 0x00158dd9 & 0x00000001 != 0x00000000

a similar problem addressed by
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/78758
and this fix is there in bleeding edge compat(today). did it help?

>
> Is there anyone who has so much knowledge that he/she could verify if
> those values make sense with this chip (ar9390)? I would like to rule
> out the possibility that the driver is polling a bit in a wrong
> register. Or could it be that the timeout value needs to be extended?
>
> Thanks.
>
> 2011/11/14 wireless newbie <wnewbie72@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Ok, this doesn't seem to interest anyone in the wireless list.
>> Hopefully someone cares to respond from the ath9k list..
>>
>> I experience this problem with station mode too. I get
>>
>> ath: Unable to reset hardware; reset status -5 (freq 2412 MHz)
>> Could not set interface wlan0 flags: Input/output error
>> Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
>>
>> when starting wpa_supplicant. Could it be that ar9390 isn't really
>> supported by ath9k driver? I have quite recent compat wireless drivers
>> in use:
>>
>> Compat-wireless backport release: compat-wireless-v3.1-rc8-1
>> Backport based on linux-2.6-allstable.git v3.1-rc8
>>
>> Has anyone managed to use ar9390 in linux?
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: wireless newbie <wnewbie72@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 2011/11/11
>> Subject: ar9390 Support for master mode?
>> To: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has any one used ar9390 based devices as an AP? I'm trying, but all
>> fails when I load hostapd:
>>
>> ath9k 0000:01:00.0: mon.wlan0: Features changed: 0x00004800 -> 0x00004000
>> ath: Unable to reset hardware; reset status -5 (freq 2412 MHz)
>> Could not set interface mon.wlan0 flags: Input/output error
>> nl80211: Failed to set interface wlan0 into AP mode
>> nl80211 driver initialization failed.
>> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=8 eloop_data=0x10219770
>> user_data=0x10219d18 handler=0x1002b8c0
>> ELOOP: remaining socket: sock=10 eloop_data=0x1021c0b8 user_data=(nil)
>> handler=0x100353e0
>>
>> With iw, it seems that AP is part of the capabilities:
>>
>> iw phy phy0 info
>>
>> Wiphy phy0
>>        Band 1:
>>                Capabilities: 0x11ef
>>                        RX LDPC
>>                        HT20/HT40
>>                        SM Power Save disabled
>>                        RX HT20 SGI
>>                        RX HT40 SGI
>>                        TX STBC
>>                        RX STBC 1-stream
>>                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
>>                        DSSS/CCK HT40
>>                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
>>                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
>>                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
>>                Frequencies:
>>                        * 2412 MHz [1] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2417 MHz [2] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2422 MHz [3] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2427 MHz [4] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2432 MHz [5] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2437 MHz [6] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2442 MHz [7] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2447 MHz [8] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2452 MHz [9] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2457 MHz [10] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2462 MHz [11] (17.0 dBm)
>>                        * 2467 MHz [12] (disabled)
>>                        * 2472 MHz [13] (disabled)
>>                        * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
>>                Bitrates (non-HT):
>>                        * 1.0 Mbps
>>                        * 2.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
>>                        * 5.5 Mbps (short preamble supported)
>>                        * 11.0 Mbps (short preamble supported)
>>                        * 6.0 Mbps
>>                        * 9.0 Mbps
>>                        * 12.0 Mbps
>>                        * 18.0 Mbps
>>                        * 24.0 Mbps
>>                        * 36.0 Mbps
>>                        * 48.0 Mbps
>>                        * 54.0 Mbps
>>        Band 2:
>>                Capabilities: 0x11ef
>>                        RX LDPC
>>                        HT20/HT40
>>                        SM Power Save disabled
>>                        RX HT20 SGI
>>                        RX HT40 SGI
>>                        TX STBC
>>                        RX STBC 1-stream
>>                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
>>                        DSSS/CCK HT40
>>                Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
>>                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
>>                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-23
>>                Frequencies:
>>                        * 5180 MHz [36] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5200 MHz [40] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5220 MHz [44] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5240 MHz [48] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5260 MHz [52] (disabled)
>>                        * 5280 MHz [56] (disabled)
>>                        * 5300 MHz [60] (disabled)
>>                        * 5320 MHz [64] (disabled)
>>                        * 5500 MHz [100] (disabled)
>>                        * 5520 MHz [104] (disabled)
>>                        * 5540 MHz [108] (disabled)
>>                        * 5560 MHz [112] (disabled)
>>                        * 5580 MHz [116] (disabled)
>>                        * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled)
>>                        * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled)
>>                        * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled)
>>                        * 5660 MHz [132] (disabled)
>>                        * 5680 MHz [136] (disabled)
>>                        * 5700 MHz [140] (disabled)
>>                        * 5745 MHz [149] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5765 MHz [153] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5785 MHz [157] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5805 MHz [161] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                        * 5825 MHz [165] (18.0 dBm) (passive scanning, no IBSS)
>>                Bitrates (non-HT):
>>                        * 6.0 Mbps
>>                        * 9.0 Mbps
>>                        * 12.0 Mbps
>>                        * 18.0 Mbps
>>                        * 24.0 Mbps
>>                        * 36.0 Mbps
>>                        * 48.0 Mbps
>>                        * 54.0 Mbps
>>        max # scan SSIDs: 4
>>        max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes
>>        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
>>        Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
>>        Supported interface modes:
>>                 * IBSS
>>                 * managed
>>                 * AP
>>                 * AP/VLAN
>>                 * WDS
>>                 * monitor
>>                 * mesh point
>>                 * P2P-client
>>                 * P2P-GO
>>        Supported commands:
>>                 * new_interface
>>                 * set_interface
>>                 * new_key
>>                 * new_beacon
>>                 * new_station
>>                 * new_mpath
>>                 * set_mesh_params
>>                 * set_bss
>>                 * authenticate
>>                 * associate
>>                 * deauthenticate
>>                 * disassociate
>>                 * join_ibss
>>                 * join_mesh
>>                 * remain_on_channel
>>                 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
>>                 * action
>>                 * frame_wait_cancel
>>                 * set_wiphy_netns
>>                 * set_channel
>>                 * set_wds_peer
>>                 * connect
>>                 * disconnect
>>        Supported TX frame types:
>>                 * IBSS: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050
>> 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
>>                 * managed: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050
>> 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
>>                 * AP: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050
>> 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
>>                 * AP/VLAN: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050
>> 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
>>                 * mesh point: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040
>> 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0
>> 0x00f0
>>                 * P2P-client: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040
>> 0x0050 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0
>> 0x00f0
>>                 * P2P-GO: 0x0000 0x0010 0x0020 0x0030 0x0040 0x0050
>> 0x0060 0x0070 0x0080 0x0090 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0 0x00e0 0x00f0
>>        Supported RX frame types:
>>                 * IBSS: 0x00d0
>>                 * managed: 0x0040 0x00d0
>>                 * AP: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
>>                 * AP/VLAN: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
>>                 * mesh point: 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
>>                 * P2P-client: 0x0040 0x00d0
>>                 * P2P-GO: 0x0000 0x0020 0x0040 0x00a0 0x00b0 0x00c0 0x00d0
>>
>> Has anyone experienced something like this? Can this be related to my
>> hostapd config, or is this driver issue?
>>
>> br, Sami
>>
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