Subject: Re: another ath(4) patch
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 10/27/2005 06:54:10
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> So far, no panics, and the thing seems to be surviving even without my
> doing a continuous ping of a local machine, but I'm still getting these:
>=20
> Oct 25 22:06:31 hackworth /netbsd: ath0: link state changed to DOWN
> Oct 26 01:06:35 hackworth /netbsd: ath0: link state changed to DOWN
> Oct 26 04:06:40 hackworth /netbsd: ath0: link state changed to DOWN
> Oct 26 07:06:44 hackworth /netbsd: ath0: link state changed to DOWN
> Oct 26 10:06:49 hackworth /netbsd: ath0: link state changed to DOWN
>=20
> Note that for the most part the lossage is <1 second, but sometimes it
> lasts for a couple of minutes (once 78 seconds, once 138 seconds).=20

Never mind the recovery time difference between DOWN and UP, look at
the pattern where they go down.  They are remarkably aligned, 3 hours
and 4-5 seconds apart. =20

Figure out what happens at that interval, and you have your cause.

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Dan.
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