Re: AR2413 device timeout

Thanks for the time, by debug etc., do you mean ktrace? I havent used it much. Can you tell me how can this be done. I really want to get this fixed. If there are any ath specific drivers that I should be installing pls point me to that.

Thanks & Regards,

Gaurang.

From: Christos Zoulas <christos%astron.com@localhost>
To: netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: AR2413 device timeout

In article <knjap9$hma$1%ger.gmane.org@localhost>,
Christos Zoulas <christos%astron.com@localhost> wrote:
>In article <1369161374.3474.YahooMailNeo%web162505.mail.bf1.yahoo.com@localhost>,
>Gaurang Pandya <gaubrig%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>>-=-=-=-=-=-
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have just installed NetBSD 6.0.1, and each time it boots with in 5
>>minutes I get this message
>>
>>bsdbox /netbsd: ath0: device timeout (txq 8, txintrperiod 4)
>>
>>
>>and system just freezes, no network activity, no activity on console,
>>and only way out is to power cycle.
>>
>>
>>I have this TPLink - WN551G card in my system, which from boot messages
>>I understand is using Atheros 2413 (AR2413) chipset. I have tried
>>googling and looking through archives, but got no solution.
>
>Can you boot a current kernel on it and try the athn driver instead?

Actually it might not support this chipset. Can you try a
DIAGNOSTIC/DEBUG/LOCKDEBUG kernel and see if it prints anything before
it locks up?

christos