Re: ath(4) AR9280 freeze / deadlock ?

[Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2012.salmi.ch@localhost>]

Hello

Sébastien Bocahu --> netbsd-users (2012-09-20 23:17:04 +0200):
> Hi,
> 
> I run NetBSD 6 RC1 on a soekris router. I recently added a TP-LINK TL-WN861N
> wireless board to create an AP. Since then, the whole system randomly freezes 
> or
> crash. The router had been running without any problem for months (5.1 then 6
> beta and rc) before, so I believe the ath(4) driver causes this issue.
> 
> Also, reception quality is very poor.
> 
> Some facts:
> 
> - Dmesg reports an Atheros AR9280 chip.
> - When the freeze happens, nothing shows up in either the logs nor the serial
>   console.
> - It seems that devices that are connected to the AP keep believing they are 
> associated.
> - No core dump, ddb doesn't trigger.
> - The router has to be hard rebooted.
> 
> Has anybody experienced same issues ?

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2012/09/02/msg021040.html


> Is there any workaround ?

I'm not aware of any...


Cheers, Jukka

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