Thinkpad T60 with Atheros working only after restart from Windows
Adrian Chadd
adrian at freebsd.org
Mon Jun 24 17:21:06 UTC 2013
Hi,
Would you be willing to try a -HEAD snapshot on your laptop?
Maybe I've fixed it as part of the other driver work that I've done as
part of development in -HEAD.
But right now I really have no idea. I don't have a T60 here that has
that chip in it. If all the T60 BIOSes allow AR5418 NICs then I can
try it out, but all of the T60's I've played with thus far have the
intel hardware in it.
Adrian
On 21 June 2013 02:02, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Adrian,
>
> Do you have any feedback on the matter?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lyubomir
>
>
> On 13 June 2013 10:09, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Adrian,
>>
>> I enabled acpi_ibm.ko but this didn't help and after "halt" the wifi is
>> not working again.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Lyubomir
>>
>>
>> On 13 June 2013 08:03, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Adrian,
>>> I did some tests and discovered that the problem is related to
>>> "halt"/"shutdown" of system. If "reboot" is carried out than there is no
>>> problem and the wifi works properly (even if done from Gnome - Gnome seems
>>> to have no relation to the problem). So what could lead to "ath0: time out"
>>> after shutting down or halting the system? I noticed that there are irq
>>> storms on irq 17 which is the wifi irq (interrupt storm detected on
>>> "irq17:"; throttling interrupt source). Something else that I am not sure to
>>> have relevance - after shutdown during the start-up ath0 is reported to use
>>> autoselect mode 11g:
>>> (below is from dmesg)
>>>
>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
>>> 2290
>>>
>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>>> status: associated
>>>
>>> After the boot has finished the mode changes to 11a:
>>>
>>> #ifconfig ath0
>>>
>>> ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu
>>> 2290
>>> ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>> nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11a
>>> status: associated
>>>
>>> Do you have any idea where to look for now?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Lyubomir
>>> P.S. I will try to play with acpi_ibm.ko and see if things change if I
>>> make it auto-load.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 June 2013 16:06, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Adrian,
>>>>
>>>> Attached are files with consecutive vmstat -i when the wlan is working
>>>> (vmstat-i_working.txt) and when the wlan is not working
>>>> (vmstat-i_not_working.txt). There is also output from ifconfig when the wlan
>>>> is not working (ifconfig.txt).
>>>> After some more deeper investigation it seems to me that the problem
>>>> appears after starting X with Gnome. I will continue investigating with
>>>> "reboot"/"halt -p" and inform you.
>>>> BTW do you think that starting Gnome session (using startx, as I haven't
>>>> set auto start of X if this is of any importance) can cause problems - in
>>>> Gnome I have no settings for the network in the "System->Network"
>>>> application and I start it with normal user?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lyubo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you please paste the vmstat -i output?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> adrian
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 June 2013 06:53, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > After restart from Windows and working wireless the number of
>>>>> > interrupts
>>>>> > increases and the rate increases. After next restart (the ath0 times
>>>>> > out)
>>>>> > the interrupts increase but the rate is going down.
>>>>> > I noticed that after restart from Windows and working wifi if I
>>>>> > restart
>>>>> > /etc/rc.d/netif the wifi is working again. If I shutdown wlan0 and
>>>>> > bring it
>>>>> > up again then I wlan0 doesn't get address but ath0 is not timing out.
>>>>> > I can
>>>>> > still get a list with the available APs around.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Lyubo
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 8 June 2013 18:28, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Hm!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Ok, this should be working. I frequently test (read: every other
>>>>> >> day)
>>>>> >> with the AR5416. But you're not the first person to report this bug.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Unfortunately when this happens, the interrupts aren't actually
>>>>> >> making
>>>>> >> it to the OS.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Can you check the output of vmstat -i whilst you're doing it? The
>>>>> >> ath0
>>>>> >> counter should be increasing.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> adrian
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 8 June 2013 06:49, Lyubomir Yotov <l.yotov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >> > Hello,
>>>>> >> > I have a Thinkpad T60 with dual boot between Windows XP and
>>>>> >> > FreeBSD
>>>>> >> > 9.1-Release:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > uname -a
>>>>> >> > FreeBSD T60.workgroup 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #0 r243826:
>>>>> >> > Tue
>>>>> >> > Dec
>>>>> >> > 4 06:55:39 UTC 2012
>>>>> >> > root at obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>>>>> >> > i386
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I am trying to use my wifi card which is:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > dmesg
>>>>> >> > ....
>>>>> >> > ath0: <Atheros 5416> mem 0xedf00000-0xedf0ffff irq 17 at device
>>>>> >> > 0.0 on
>>>>> >> > pci3
>>>>> >> > ath0: AR5418 mac 12.10 RF5133 phy 8.1
>>>>> >> > ....
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > pciconf -lv
>>>>> >> > ....
>>>>> >> > ath0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x0033168c
>>>>> >> > chip=0x0024168c
>>>>> >> > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>>>>> >> > vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
>>>>> >> > device = 'AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter'
>>>>> >> > class = network
>>>>> >> > .....
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I followed several HOW-TOs in order to make it work. Unfortunately
>>>>> >> > I it
>>>>> >> > is
>>>>> >> > working only after I reboot from my Windows installation
>>>>> >> > (regardless of
>>>>> >> > the
>>>>> >> > position of the wifi switch on the front panel of the notebook).
>>>>> >> > After
>>>>> >> > restart from Windows everything is fine - the wifi associates with
>>>>> >> > the
>>>>> >> > AP
>>>>> >> > and I can use it. If I reboot the system during the boot and
>>>>> >> > afterwards
>>>>> >> > I
>>>>> >> > constantly get:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > ath0: device timeout
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > When I get the device status through ifconfig I can see that ath0
>>>>> >> > is
>>>>> >> > associated but wlan0 is not associated.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > ifconfig ath0
>>>>> >> > ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
>>>>> >> > mtu
>>>>> >> > 2290
>>>>> >> > ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>> >> > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g
>>>>> >> > status: associated
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > ifconfig wlan0
>>>>> >> > wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0
>>>>> >> > mtu
>>>>> >> > 1500
>>>>> >> > ether 00:19:7e:91:xx:xx
>>>>> >> > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>>>>> >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>>>>> >> > (autoselect)
>>>>> >> > status: no carrier
>>>>> >> > ssid "" channel 5 (2432 MHz 11g)
>>>>> >> > regdomain 98 indoor ecm authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey
>>>>> >> > UNDEF
>>>>> >> > txpower 20 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
>>>>> >> > bgscanidle
>>>>> >> > 250
>>>>> >> > roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 5 protmode CTS wme burst roaming
>>>>> >> > MANUAL
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > In /var/log/messages I get:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Jun 8 16:39:16 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Trying to associate with
>>>>> >> > 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx (SSID='access1' freq=2432 MHz)
>>>>> >> > Jun 8 16:39:20 PC kernel: ath0: device timeout
>>>>> >> > Jun 8 16:39:26 PC wpa_supplicant[3463]: Authentication with
>>>>> >> > 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx timed out.
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > If I scan for wireless networks I get a list and my ap is in the
>>>>> >> > list
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > ifconfig wlan0 scan
>>>>> >> > SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS
>>>>> >> > net1 00:11:11:01:xx:xx 6 54M -68:-96 100 EP
>>>>> >> > 5edf9c 70:71:bc:26:xx:xx 11 54M -68:-96 100 EP WPS
>>>>> >> > WPA
>>>>> >> > WME
>>>>> >> > access1 54:e6:fc:ae:xx:xx 5 54M -66:-96 100 EP WPA
>>>>> >> > HTCAP
>>>>> >> > WME
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > In rc.local I have:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>>>>> >> > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > In wpa_supplicant I have:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>>>>> >> > eapol_version=2
>>>>> >> > ap_scan=1
>>>>> >> > fast_reauth=1
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > network={
>>>>> >> > ssid="access1"
>>>>> >> > psk="secret1"
>>>>> >> > priority=5
>>>>> >> > }
>>>>> >> > network={
>>>>> >> > ssid="access2"
>>>>> >> > psk="secret2"
>>>>> >> > priority=5
>>>>> >> > }
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > I searched the net for solution to my problem but I couldn't find
>>>>> >> > one.
>>>>> >> > Can
>>>>> >> > you help me with this?
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Regards,
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > Lyubomir
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