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Re: AR9330 hornet board stops beaconing after a few days (0xdeadbeef)

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It'll only go into that mode if that core is off for some reason.

So sure, do that and try to turn the radio off/on :-)



adrian


On 13 September 2012 09:51, Simon Wunderlich
<simon.wunderlich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ath9k fellows,
>
> as it seems no one could find the cause for this problem so far. I'd therefore
> like to create a workaround by checking one/some registers for 0xdeadbeef and
> reset the chip if this is found.
>
> Can anyone recommend a register which should never go 0xdeadbeef in a normal case?
>
> From what i've seen, AR_CFG (0x0014) might be a good choice. My regdumps say:
>
> bad regdump:  0x000014 0xdeadbeef
> good regdump: 0x000014 0x0008010a
>
> Unfortunately I don't have documentation to find out if this register can ever
> go deadbeef in a normal case. :)
>
> What do you think? (of course, a proper solution is still appreciated ...)
>
> Cheers,
>         Simon
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 04:20:52PM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
>> On Wednesday 05 September 2012 07:08:47 Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> > I don't think it's a stuck beacon WAR issue here; 0xdeadbeef really
>> > does read like the MAC has gone to sleep.
>> >
>> > Where's the complete register dump hiding?
>>
>> It was not sent to the public mailing lists due to the size. You will receive
>> the dump mentioned in the first mail in some minutes.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>       Sven
>
>
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