firmware issues.

[Jeff Sutherland]

On Friday 26 September 2008, Jeff Sutherland wrote:
> On Friday 26 September 2008, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 10:59 -0400, Jeff Sutherland wrote:
> > > On Friday 26 September 2008, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2008-09-25 at 13:37 -0400, Jeff Sutherland wrote:
> > > > > What's the most appropriate firmware version to use with the
> > > > > Marvell 88W8686 chip? (it's used in the muRata wifi module). 
> > > > > Currently on 2.6.27-rc6 and I'm having some problems with WEP
> > > > > security causing the libertas driver to lock the kernel when the
> > > > > wifi module tries to associate with an a/p.
> > > >
> > > > Interesting.  v8 or v9 firmware?  Any chance you could get some logs
> > > > over a serial port with libertas_debug=0x5863a7 so we can see what
> > > > the command sequence is?
> > > >
> > > > Dan
> > >
> > > v8 firmware with 2.6.25 kernel.  I'm presently in the process of
> > > finishing up a port to 2.6.27-rc7 so I can work off John's development
> > > tree.  I think I can switch to v9 firmware with the latest development
> > > code.  We'll see what happens...
> >
> > There are a few things with v9 firmware that may be broken.  It seems
> > authentication works sometimes, but based on the spec I can't see how
> > that works very well.  v9 needs some development but not a ton.  After
> > that it just needs a lot of testing.
> >
> > Dan
>
> Hmm... V9 firmware seems to work just fine with the tip of the development
> git tree and the W8686 chips in that Murata module of mine.  This is on an
> Xscale (pxa270) based system btw.  Certainly works a lot better than
> before.  Will followup with more testing, especially with WPA.  Currently
> running using 128bit WEP security.
>
> -Jeff

Hmm... seems I spoke a little too soon.  Bugger refuses to 'ifup' now with 
WEP, started getting those pesky "requeueing command 0x0016 due to timeout" 
followed shortly thereafter by a kernel oops.  There must be some kind of 
race condition somewhere, or something going rotten in the firmware, since 
the more I play with it the more obstinate the thing becomes.  Once it DOES 
associate and dhcpd does its thing, it's rock solid.  A little thirsty on the 
power consumption side but the link stays up...

-Jeff
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