debugging 802.11s

[Andrey Yurovsky]

Hi Keir.  I just rebuilt the latest wireless-testing and ath5k isn't
working for me either (in fact I don't even see beacons on the air).
Perhaps a recent regression?  Do you have time to git-bisect this or
at least try an earlier commit?  Thanks,

  -Andrey

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Keir <keirlawson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also spotted this in dmesg:
>
> [ 3603.303963] ath5k phy0: beacon queue 7 didn't stop?
> [ 3605.761677] ath5k phy0: beacon queue 7 didn't stop?
> [ 3656.554337] ath5k phy0: beacon queue 7 didn't stop?
> [ 3657.280923] Inbound IN=eth1 OUT=
> MAC=00:90:27:43:08:2a:00:10:b5:e8:04:d3:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.251
> DST=192.168.0.1 LEN=328 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=68
> DPT=67 LEN=308
> [ 3763.209246] Unknown OutputIN= OUT=mesh0 SRC=10.0.0.1 DST=10.0.0.2 LEN=84
> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=44569 SEQ=1
> [ 3764.218103] Unknown OutputIN= OUT=mesh0 SRC=10.0.0.1 DST=10.0.0.2 LEN=84
> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=44569 SEQ=2
>
> Just after attempting to ping from one to the other.
>
> Keir
>
> 2008/11/11 Keir <keirlawson at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Hi Keir.  With NetworkManager not running, can you try things again
>>> from the top?
>>>
>>> 1) reload the driver
>>> # modprobe -r ath5k
>>> # modprobe ath5k
>>>
>>> 2) bring up your mesh interfaces, ex:
>>> # iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh0 type mp mesh_id mymesh
>>> # ifconfig mesh0 up
>>> # ifconfig mesh0 10.0.0.1
>>> (etc)
>>>
>>> ...and then ping again?
>>> # ping -c 2 -I mesh0 10.0.0.2
>>
>> I get the same error as before :-(
>>>
>>> Also, what's the git tag for your kernel (see Luis' instructions on
>>> how to obtain this via git-describe).  Thanks,
>>
>>
>> keir at dave:~/Desktop/Code/wireless-testing$ git describe
>> v2.6.28-rc2-4151-g43288a0
>> keir at dave:~/Desktop/Code/wireless-testing$ git tag -l| grep master | tail
>> -1
>> master-2008-10-27
>>
>> station dump looks like:
>> root at dave:/home/keir/Desktop/Code/iw-0.9.6# ./iw dev mesh0 station dump
>> Station 00:18:4d:7a:51:70 (on mesh0)
>>     inactive time:    320 ms
>>     rx bytes:    27301
>>     tx bytes:    13844
>>     mesh llid:    1378
>>     mesh plid:    30482
>>     mesh plink:    HOLDING
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Keir
>