* timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) @ 2010-04-16 20:34 Tsuwei Chen 2010-04-16 20:51 ` Gábor Stefanik 2010-04-16 22:26 ` [zd1211-devs] " Hin-Tak Leung 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Tsuwei Chen @ 2010-04-16 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: zd1211-devs; +Cc: linux-wireless Has anyone use the zd1211 usb adapter with mini-itx board based on geforce 9300? I have been experience some annoying issues ever since I got this motherboard. The problem is that sometime the card just cannot be switched on. It complains about ioread32() error -110. And I have spent a few days and try a few different combination, and here is what I have found so far: 1, with 1 wifi adapter directly plugged into the board, the wifi adapter works fine most of the time (have seen a couple failure, but is hard to reproduce) 2. with 1 wifi adapter, plugged in through a USB hub, the driver complains ioread32 error. I've try 2 USB hubs: a cheap 4-port USB dongle and also the USB hubs built into my DELL monitor. Both showed the same problem. 3. If I plugged in 2 wifi adapters directly to the board, more than 50% of chance one of the wifi adapter would fail during the 'ifconifg up'. I tried to dig our more on this. I am using kernel 2.6.24-26 (ubuntu). I had turned on the debug message output and I have traced out that the failure was first detected in the zd_mac_open(). Probably around the call to zd_chip_switch_radio_on(). The error message is printed in the zd_usb_ioread16v(), and probably indicate the driver is experiencing a timeout while it is trying to read the register from the adapter. What exactly does this mean? Why adding a usb hub cause such a huge differnce? Has anyone experienced similar problem before? Any pointer that can help me solve this problem is appreciated. BTW, I never had this problem before when I was still using a regular HP desktop PC, even with the same version of kernel and same USB hub. I switched to mini-itx because I am building a small system. So if anyone is currently using this adapter with a mini-ITX board, please also let me know which model you use. TIA, Tsuwei ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) 2010-04-16 20:34 timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) Tsuwei Chen @ 2010-04-16 20:51 ` Gábor Stefanik 2010-04-16 22:26 ` [zd1211-devs] " Hin-Tak Leung 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-04-16 20:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tsuwei Chen; +Cc: zd1211-devs, linux-wireless On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Tsuwei Chen <tsuwei@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone use the zd1211 usb adapter with mini-itx board based on > geforce 9300? I have been experience some annoying issues ever since I > got this motherboard. The problem is that sometime the card just > cannot be switched on. It complains about ioread32() error -110. And I > have spent a few days and try a few different combination, and here is > what I have found so far: > > 1, with 1 wifi adapter directly plugged into the board, the wifi > adapter works fine most of the time (have seen a couple failure, but > is hard to reproduce) > 2. with 1 wifi adapter, plugged in through a USB hub, the driver > complains ioread32 error. I've try 2 USB hubs: a cheap 4-port USB > dongle and also the USB hubs built into my DELL monitor. Both showed > the same problem. > 3. If I plugged in 2 wifi adapters directly to the board, more than > 50% of chance one of the wifi adapter would fail during the 'ifconifg > up'. > > I tried to dig our more on this. I am using kernel 2.6.24-26 (ubuntu). Please try a more recent kernel - 2.6.24 contains zd1211rw-ieee80211softmac, which is no longer developed. > I had turned on the debug message output and I have traced out that > the failure was first detected in the zd_mac_open(). Probably around > the call to zd_chip_switch_radio_on(). The error message is printed in > the zd_usb_ioread16v(), and probably indicate the driver is > experiencing a timeout while it is trying to read the register from > the adapter. > > What exactly does this mean? Why adding a usb hub cause such a huge > differnce? Has anyone experienced similar problem before? Any pointer > that can help me solve this problem is appreciated. > > BTW, I never had this problem before when I was still using a regular > HP desktop PC, even with the same version of kernel and same USB hub. > I switched to mini-itx because I am building a small system. So if > anyone is currently using this adapter with a mini-ITX board, please > also let me know which model you use. > > TIA, > Tsuwei > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [zd1211-devs] timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) 2010-04-16 20:34 timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) Tsuwei Chen 2010-04-16 20:51 ` Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-04-16 22:26 ` Hin-Tak Leung 2010-04-16 22:38 ` Tsuwei Chen 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Hin-Tak Leung @ 2010-04-16 22:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: zd1211-devs, Tsuwei Chen; +Cc: linux-wireless I suspect it is just poor hardware. The more power-drawing devices you have got, the current/power available to each can drop, and some devices are more sensitive to drop in voltage than others. That seems to be the obvious conclusion - the more bus-powered devices plugged in, the more likely the wireless device fails to initialise. You probably would find that you will need a independently-powered hub (i.e. a USB hub which has its own power-plug that you need to plug into the mains) for it to work reliably, since your motherboard doesn't seem to be able to do it. --- On Fri, 16/4/10, Tsuwei Chen <tsuwei@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Tsuwei Chen <tsuwei@gmail.com> > Subject: [zd1211-devs] timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) > To: zd1211-devs@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Date: Friday, 16 April, 2010, 21:34 > Has anyone use the zd1211 usb adapter > with mini-itx board based on > geforce 9300? I have been experience some annoying issues > ever since I > got this motherboard. The problem is that sometime the card > just > cannot be switched on. It complains about ioread32() error > -110. And I > have spent a few days and try a few different combination, > and here is > what I have found so far: > > 1, with 1 wifi adapter directly plugged into the board, the > wifi > adapter works fine most of the time (have seen a couple > failure, but > is hard to reproduce) > 2. with 1 wifi adapter, plugged in through a USB hub, the > driver > complains ioread32 error. I've try 2 USB hubs: a cheap > 4-port USB > dongle and also the USB hubs built into my DELL monitor. > Both showed > the same problem. > 3. If I plugged in 2 wifi adapters directly to the board, > more than > 50% of chance one of the wifi adapter would fail during the > 'ifconifg > up'. > > I tried to dig our more on this. I am using kernel > 2.6.24-26 (ubuntu). > I had turned on the debug message output and I have traced > out that > the failure was first detected in the zd_mac_open(). > Probably around > the call to zd_chip_switch_radio_on(). The error message is > printed in > the zd_usb_ioread16v(), and probably indicate the driver > is > experiencing a timeout while it is trying to read the > register from > the adapter. > > What exactly does this mean? Why adding a usb hub cause > such a huge > differnce? Has anyone experienced similar problem before? > Any pointer > that can help me solve this problem is appreciated. > > BTW, I never had this problem before when I was still using > a regular > HP desktop PC, even with the same version of kernel and > same USB hub. > I switched to mini-itx because I am building a small > system. So if > anyone is currently using this adapter with a mini-ITX > board, please > also let me know which model you use. > > TIA, > Tsuwei > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, > find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel > performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [zd1211-devs] timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) 2010-04-16 22:26 ` [zd1211-devs] " Hin-Tak Leung @ 2010-04-16 22:38 ` Tsuwei Chen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Tsuwei Chen @ 2010-04-16 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Hin-Tak Leung; +Cc: zd1211-devs, linux-wireless Gábor and Hin-Tak, Thanks for the quick reply. I thought about the current draw on the USB bus so I did try using the hub that is built into my dell monitor and had the same problem. I am going to try out the 2.6.32 today. I would report back the result once I got it. Also, some time I notice there is an 'address leak' with da_user=1. This happens when I unplugged the adapter. The systems seems still holding up well. Just wonder if this would be a concern. Thanks, Tsuwei On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Hin-Tak Leung <hintak_leung@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I suspect it is just poor hardware. The more power-drawing devices you have got, the current/power available to each can drop, and some devices are more sensitive to drop in voltage than others. That seems to be the obvious conclusion - the more bus-powered devices plugged in, the more likely the wireless device fails to initialise. > > You probably would find that you will need a independently-powered hub (i.e. a USB hub which has its own power-plug that you need to plug into the mains) for it to work reliably, since your motherboard doesn't seem to be able to do it. > > --- On Fri, 16/4/10, Tsuwei Chen <tsuwei@gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Tsuwei Chen <tsuwei@gmail.com> >> Subject: [zd1211-devs] timeout in zd1211rw with zotac mini-itx (geforce 9300) >> To: zd1211-devs@lists.sourceforge.net >> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org >> Date: Friday, 16 April, 2010, 21:34 >> Has anyone use the zd1211 usb adapter >> with mini-itx board based on >> geforce 9300? I have been experience some annoying issues >> ever since I >> got this motherboard. The problem is that sometime the card >> just >> cannot be switched on. It complains about ioread32() error >> -110. And I >> have spent a few days and try a few different combination, >> and here is >> what I have found so far: >> >> 1, with 1 wifi adapter directly plugged into the board, the >> wifi >> adapter works fine most of the time (have seen a couple >> failure, but >> is hard to reproduce) >> 2. with 1 wifi adapter, plugged in through a USB hub, the >> driver >> complains ioread32 error. I've try 2 USB hubs: a cheap >> 4-port USB >> dongle and also the USB hubs built into my DELL monitor. >> Both showed >> the same problem. >> 3. If I plugged in 2 wifi adapters directly to the board, >> more than >> 50% of chance one of the wifi adapter would fail during the >> 'ifconifg >> up'. >> >> I tried to dig our more on this. I am using kernel >> 2.6.24-26 (ubuntu). >> I had turned on the debug message output and I have traced >> out that >> the failure was first detected in the zd_mac_open(). >> Probably around >> the call to zd_chip_switch_radio_on(). The error message is >> printed in >> the zd_usb_ioread16v(), and probably indicate the driver >> is >> experiencing a timeout while it is trying to read the >> register from >> the adapter. >> >> What exactly does this mean? Why adding a usb hub cause >> such a huge >> differnce? Has anyone experienced similar problem before? >> Any pointer >> that can help me solve this problem is appreciated. >> >> BTW, I never had this problem before when I was still using >> a regular >> HP desktop PC, even with the same version of kernel and >> same USB hub. >> I switched to mini-itx because I am building a small >> system. So if >> anyone is currently using this adapter with a mini-ITX >> board, please >> also let me know which model you use. >> >> TIA, >> Tsuwei >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, >> find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel >> performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs >> > > > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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