rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

I just tried the rt2500pci driver version 2.0.9 from the wireless-2.6 tree.
It does not work. There is no connection, and "iwlist scan" produces no
scan results.

I'm successfully using version 2.0.7 from wireless-dev (2.6.23-rc3 i386) on
this LG laptop.

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Marcus Better wrote:

> I just tried the rt2500pci driver version 2.0.9 from the wireless-2.6
> tree. It does not work.

Neither does 2.0.10 from the current wireless-2.6 "everything" branch. I see scan results now but cannot associate with the access point using WEP.

Here are some logs:

Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - Start initialization from EEPROM...
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x0f, value: 0x30.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x11, value: 0x26.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x15, value: 0x18.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x16, value: 0x18.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x35, value: 0x10.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x36, value: 0x10.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x3d, value: 0x6a.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x3e, value: 0x10.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x23, value: 0x50.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x29, value: 0x60.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x36, value: 0x18.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - BBP: 0x3e, value: 0x00.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_init_bbp: Debug - ...End initialization from EEPROM.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX ring 0 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX ring 1 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured TX ring 7 - CWmin: 6, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: RX authentication from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not set
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not set
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not set
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: association with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 timed out

Thanks,

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:06 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:

> Neither does 2.0.10 from the current wireless-2.6 "everything" branch.
> I see scan results now but cannot associate with the access point
> using WEP.

Can you try that patch from Matthias Nissler ("[PATCH] mac80211: Defer
setting of RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED.")?

johannes

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Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> Can you try that patch from Matthias Nissler ("[PATCH] mac80211: Defer
> setting of RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED.")?

It's already in the tree I used.

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:43 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Can you try that patch from Matthias Nissler ("[PATCH] mac80211: Defer
> > setting of RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED.")?
> 
> It's already in the tree I used.

Hm, right, noticed that it was merged right after sending this. Reason
19 seems totally unrelated to crypto:
WLAN_STATUS_ASSOC_DENIED_NOSHORTPREAMBLE = 19

Looking at the code... Ahh, I see. You've selected the B mode instead of
G and the AP requires G. I think my "[PATCH] mac80211: fix set_channel
regression" will fix this for you.

johannes

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[PATCH] mac80211: reorder association debug output

[Johannes Berg]

There's no reason to warn about an invalid AID field when the
association was denied.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

---
Odd messages in your log btw:

> Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
> Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not set
> Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
> Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
> Oct 10 10:26:27 better kernel: wlan0: association with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10 timed out

We never use the AID value in this case...

 net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- wireless-dev.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c	2007-10-10 11:57:36.290680979 +0200
+++ wireless-dev/net/mac80211/ieee80211_sta.c	2007-10-10 12:00:31.490680979 +0200
@@ -1195,15 +1195,11 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_assoc_resp
 	capab_info = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.assoc_resp.capab_info);
 	status_code = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.assoc_resp.status_code);
 	aid = le16_to_cpu(mgmt->u.assoc_resp.aid);
-	if ((aid & (BIT(15) | BIT(14))) != (BIT(15) | BIT(14)))
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: invalid aid value %d; bits 15:14 not "
-		       "set\n", dev->name, aid);
-	aid &= ~(BIT(15) | BIT(14));
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: RX %sssocResp from " MAC_FMT " (capab=0x%x "
 	       "status=%d aid=%d)\n",
 	       dev->name, reassoc ? "Rea" : "A", MAC_ARG(mgmt->sa),
-	       capab_info, status_code, aid);
+	       capab_info, status_code, aid & ~(BIT(15) | BIT(14)));
 
 	if (status_code != WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: AP denied association (code=%d)\n",
@@ -1215,6 +1211,11 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_assoc_resp
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if ((aid & (BIT(15) | BIT(14))) != (BIT(15) | BIT(14)))
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: invalid aid value %d; bits 15:14 not "
+		       "set\n", dev->name, aid);
+	aid &= ~(BIT(15) | BIT(14));
+
 	pos = mgmt->u.assoc_resp.variable;
 	if (ieee802_11_parse_elems(pos, len - (pos - (u8 *) mgmt), &elems)
 	    == ParseFailed) {

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> Looking at the code... Ahh, I see. You've selected the B mode instead of
> G and the AP requires G. I think my "[PATCH] mac80211: fix set_channel
> regression" will fix this for you.

No, I still get the same result.

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Looking at the code... Ahh, I see. You've selected the B mode instead of
> > G and the AP requires G. I think my "[PATCH] mac80211: fix set_channel
> > regression" will fix this for you.
> 
> No, I still get the same result.

The same error 19? That's weird because if you select a G mode we do
advertise short slot/short preamble.

johannes

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Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> The same error 19?

Precisely. I'm quite sure it did recompile ieee80211_ioctl.c after I applied
your patch, and I've double-checked that I installed the correct kernel...

Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured
TX ring 0 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured
TX ring 1 - CWmin: 5, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: phy0 -> rt2x00mac_conf_tx: Info - Configured
TX ring 7 - CWmin: 6, CWmax: 10, Aifs: 2.
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: RX authentication from
00:14:6c:a7:60:10 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: authenticated
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not
set
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
(capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not
set
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
(capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: invalid aid value 0; bits 15:14 not
set
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
(capab=0x431 status=19 aid=0)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: AP denied association (code=19)
Oct 10 12:53:59 better kernel: wlan0: association with AP 00:14:6c:a7:60:10
timed out

> That's weird because if you select a G mode we do 
> advertise short slot/short preamble.

Can I select the mode from the command line?

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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First a note: could you please send me copies of mail using
reply-to-all? I frequently simply skim over mailing lists and just
almost missed your mail. I don't do that with my inbox...

> Precisely. I'm quite sure it did recompile ieee80211_ioctl.c after I applied
> your patch, and I've double-checked that I installed the correct kernel...

:)


> > That's weird because if you select a G mode we do 
> > advertise short slot/short preamble.
> 
> Can I select the mode from the command line?

No, but you can comment out the B mode registration in rt2500pci and see
if that helps.

johannes

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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: reorder association debug output

[Michael Wu]

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On Wednesday 10 October 2007 06:03, Johannes Berg wrote:
> There's no reason to warn about an invalid AID field when the
> association was denied.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>

Thanks,
-Michael Wu

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Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> First a note: could you please send me copies of mail using
> reply-to-all?

Yes, sorry, I was using Gmane and Knode, and one of them seems to munge
the other recipients.

> No, but you can comment out the B mode registration in rt2500pci and see
> if that helps.

I have very limited time to find out how to do that, but will gladly try a
patch...

Thanks,

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 11:05 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:

> > No, but you can comment out the B mode registration in rt2500pci and see
> > if that helps.
> 
> I have very limited time to find out how to do that, but will gladly try a
> patch...

Me neither. It seems to be in rt2x00dev.c, Ivo can you help maybe? Just
for debugging. I'd have thought that adding the 'break' statement would
fix it.

Alternatively, could you print out the selected mode in
ieee80211_ioctl.c:ieee80211_set_channel?

something like
printk(KERN_DEBUG "selected mode %d\n", local->oper_hw_mode->mode);
printk(KERN_DEBUG "select channel %d\n", local->oper_channel);

johannes

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Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Ivo van Doorn]

On Thursday 11 October 2007, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 11:05 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> 
> > > No, but you can comment out the B mode registration in rt2500pci and see
> > > if that helps.
> > 
> > I have very limited time to find out how to do that, but will gladly try a
> > patch...
> 
> Me neither. It seems to be in rt2x00dev.c, Ivo can you help maybe? Just
> for debugging. I'd have thought that adding the 'break' statement would
> fix it.

Patch added below.

> Alternatively, could you print out the selected mode in
> ieee80211_ioctl.c:ieee80211_set_channel?
> 
> something like
> printk(KERN_DEBUG "selected mode %d\n", local->oper_hw_mode->mode);
> printk(KERN_DEBUG "select channel %d\n", local->oper_channel);

---

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
index 360f03a..89470c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -866,9 +866,9 @@ static int rt2x00lib_probe_hw_modes(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	    ieee80211_register_hwmode(hw, &hwmodes[HWMODE_G]))
 		goto exit_free_rates;
 
-	if (spec->num_modes > HWMODE_B &&
+	/*if (spec->num_modes > HWMODE_B &&
 	    ieee80211_register_hwmode(hw, &hwmodes[HWMODE_B]))
-		goto exit_free_rates;
+		goto exit_free_rates;*/
 
 	if (spec->num_modes > HWMODE_A &&
 	    ieee80211_register_hwmode(hw, &hwmodes[HWMODE_A]))
 

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> Patch added below.

Kind-of works. I can connect but only at 1 Mb according to iwconfig.

>> printk(KERN_DEBUG "selected mode %d\n", local->oper_hw_mode->mode);
>> printk(KERN_DEBUG "select channel %d\n", local->oper_channel);

Oct 12 10:47:23 better kernel: selected mode 2
Oct 12 10:47:23 better kernel: select channel -539241232

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Marcus Better wrote:
> Kind-of works. I can connect but only at 1 Mb according to iwconfig.

Now I see that I got the same result even with driver version 2.0.7. I can
change it with iwconfig though. Is this normal?

Marcus

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Larry Finger]

Marcus Better wrote:
> Marcus Better wrote:
>> Kind-of works. I can connect but only at 1 Mb according to iwconfig.
> 
> Now I see that I got the same result even with driver version 2.0.7. I can
> change it with iwconfig though. Is this normal?

In mac80211, the association and authentication steps are always done at 1 Mb to maximize the
likelihood of that step succeeding. Once communication is established, the rate-setting mechanism in
rc80211_simple will adjust the rate to what it considers the highest value that works. You always
have the option of forcing a higher value with iwconfig at the risk of increasing the error rate.

Larry

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Johannes Berg]

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On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 11:04 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:

> Oct 12 10:47:23 better kernel: selected mode 2

That's G. What do you get without this patch but with my 'break' patch?

> Oct 12 10:47:23 better kernel: select channel -539241232

That's weird. Humm. What exactly are you printing there and is it really
a pointer 0xdfdbd4f0?

johannes

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[PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Johannes Berg]

Adam Baker reported that the prism2 ioctl removal changed behaviour
in that now the selection order was the other way around as before.
New API is planned but not done yet, so for now just use the first
matching channel in any mode as was previous behaviour with an unset
next_mode.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

---
Michael Wu just pointed out the error in my previous patch. I missed the
outer loop, we need to break from it as well.

 net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- wireless-dev.orig/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c	2007-10-10 12:29:49.330680979 +0200
+++ wireless-dev/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c	2007-10-12 21:22:20.838530346 +0200
@@ -305,9 +305,12 @@ int ieee80211_set_channel(struct ieee802
 			    ((chan->chan == channel) || (chan->freq == freq))) {
 				local->oper_channel = chan;
 				local->oper_hw_mode = mode;
-				set++;
+				set = 1;
+				break;
 			}
 		}
+		if (set)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if (set) {

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Michael Wu]

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On Friday 12 October 2007 15:24, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Adam Baker reported that the prism2 ioctl removal changed behaviour
> in that now the selection order was the other way around as before.
> New API is planned but not done yet, so for now just use the first
> matching channel in any mode as was previous behaviour with an unset
> next_mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>

Tested and working here.

Thanks,
-Michael Wu

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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> Michael Wu just pointed out the error in my previous patch. I missed the
> outer loop, we need to break from it as well.

The new patch doesn't seem to solve the problem either. I get the same
association failure as before.

Marcus

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Johannes Berg]

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On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:04 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Michael Wu just pointed out the error in my previous patch. I missed the
> > outer loop, we need to break from it as well.
> 
> The new patch doesn't seem to solve the problem either. I get the same
> association failure as before.

Can you add back your printk patch and check what type 'channel' was and
maybe print channel->channel?

johannes

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Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Marcus Better]

Larry Finger wrote:
> is established, the rate-setting mechanism in rc80211_simple will adjust
> the rate to what it considers the highest value that works.

I get download rates of about 9 Mbit, but iwconfig still says the bit rate
is 1 Mbit, which seems a bit strange.

Marcus

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Marcus Better]

Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:04 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
>> The new patch doesn't seem to solve the problem either. I get the same
>> association failure as before.

Update: on my second recompile (after adding the printks) it started
working. I'm not sure why it failed the first time.

However there is a huge performance regression. "tptest" shows a TCP
throughput of under 300 kbit for the driver version 2.0.9 (current
wireless-2.6), compared to 7 Mbit for version 2.0.7 (with kernel
2.6.23-rc3). The UDP speed was also affected but not as much, down from
around 5-10 Mbit to 1 Mbit.

> Can you add back your printk patch and check what type 'channel' was and
> maybe print channel->channel?

With the printks below I get the following:

Oct 15 13:14:43 better kernel: selected mode 2
Oct 15 13:14:43 better kernel: selected channel 8

Thanks,

Marcus

--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_ioctl.c
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ int ieee80211_set_channel(struct ieee80211_local
*local, int
        }

        if (set) {
+               printk(KERN_DEBUG "selected mode %d\n",
local->oper_hw_mode->mod
+               printk(KERN_DEBUG "selected channel %d\n",
local->oper_channel->
                if (local->sta_scanning)
                        ret = 0;
                else

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Johannes Berg]

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On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 13:37 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:04 +0200, Marcus Better wrote:
> >> The new patch doesn't seem to solve the problem either. I get the same
> >> association failure as before.
> 
> Update: on my second recompile (after adding the printks) it started
> working. I'm not sure why it failed the first time.

Buggy recompile? No idea really.

> However there is a huge performance regression. "tptest" shows a TCP
> throughput of under 300 kbit for the driver version 2.0.9 (current
> wireless-2.6), compared to 7 Mbit for version 2.0.7 (with kernel
> 2.6.23-rc3). The UDP speed was also affected but not as much, down from
> around 5-10 Mbit to 1 Mbit.

I don't think this would be related to mac80211, I'll let Ivo handle the
rest of this.

> > Can you add back your printk patch and check what type 'channel' was and
> > maybe print channel->channel?
> 
> With the printks below I get the following:
> 
> Oct 15 13:14:43 better kernel: selected mode 2
> Oct 15 13:14:43 better kernel: selected channel 8

Looks good, 2 is G mode.

johannes

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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Ivo van Doorn]

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> > However there is a huge performance regression. "tptest" shows a TCP
> > throughput of under 300 kbit for the driver version 2.0.9 (current
> > wireless-2.6), compared to 7 Mbit for version 2.0.7 (with kernel
> > 2.6.23-rc3). The UDP speed was also affected but not as much, down from
> > around 5-10 Mbit to 1 Mbit.
> 
> I don't think this would be related to mac80211, I'll let Ivo handle the
> rest of this.

Could you enable debugfs and use attached debugfs script to create a dump
of the rt2x00 registers. Preferably a dump of both the rt2x00 2.0.7 and 2.0.9 versions.

Ivo

[-- Attachment #2: debugfsdump --]
[-- Type: application/x-shellscript, Size: 460 bytes --]

Re: rt2500pci 2.0.9 not working

[Adam Baker]

Marcus Better <marcus@...> writes:

> 
> I get download rates of about 9 Mbit, but iwconfig still says the bit rate
> is 1 Mbit, which seems a bit strange.
> 
The rate reported by iwconfig is the upstream rate. The rates won't necessarily
be the same up and downstream.

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Marcus Better]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 400 bytes --]

[CC list trimmed.]

Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> Could you enable debugfs and use attached debugfs script to create a dump
> of the rt2x00 registers. Preferably a dump of both the rt2x00 2.0.7 and
> 2.0.9 versions.

Here's a dump with 2.0.10 from current wireless-2.6 (kernel 2.6.23) to
start with. However I forgot to include your mode setting patch so it
doesn't associate. More to follow later.

Marcus

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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Marcus Better]

Hi,

Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> Could you enable debugfs and use attached debugfs script to create a
> dump of the rt2x00 registers.

If you still need the debug dump for 2.0.7 (the latest working version),
can you show me how to get hold of a source tree with that version? I have
both the wireless-2.6 and rt2x00 git trees, but seem to have trouble
locating the right revision, perhaps because the tree was rebased.

Thanks,

Marcus

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Ivo van Doorn]

Hi,

> Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> > Could you enable debugfs and use attached debugfs script to create a
> > dump of the rt2x00 registers.
> 
> If you still need the debug dump for 2.0.7 (the latest working version),
> can you show me how to get hold of a source tree with that version? I have
> both the wireless-2.6 and rt2x00 git trees, but seem to have trouble
> locating the right revision, perhaps because the tree was rebased.

I'm afraid that is a bit of a problem, rt2x00 was merged into linus' tree as
a complete patch of version 2.0.8. This means the complete versioning of
2.0.7 has been lost.
The only possible way would be toying with cvs and copying the files
from there. But that is in no what a guarentee for success.

However I can recommend using 2.0.11 the following patches:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=commit;h=8927e4ea2933f5f276a7bb505a6b240156a9238f
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ivd/rt2x00.git;a=commit;h=32a8da711c3b03a88487dbe48e57c489b5a3031c

Both caused problems with packet throughput. So those might have
resolved the problem you reported.

Ivo

Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: fix set_channel regression

[Marcus Better]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 370 bytes --]

Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> However I can recommend using 2.0.11 the following patches:

I tried the full 2.0.11. It still has throughput problems. TCP throughput is 
300 kbit/s (tptest and HTTP download). However UDP throughput is 10 Mbit/s 
according to tptest (and that may be limited by the bandwidth to the test 
server).

Attaching the debugfs dump.

Marcus

[-- Attachment #1.2: debugfsdump.2.0.11 --]
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