debugging 802.11s

Andrey Yurovsky andrey at cozybit.com
Tue Nov 11 17:22:07 EST 2008


d059b2aed9e93cb94364e01374bca90ce3dc0ef9 should work and I would
suspect that it's broken some time after.  Can you try that one?

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Keir <keirlawson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Erm, if I knew what git-bisect was ;-) (still havent got git fully worked
> out) what commit would you recommend I try?
>
> Cheers
>
> Keir
>
> 2008/11/11 Andrey Yurovsky <andrey at cozybit.com>
>>
>> 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
>> >
>
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