Thank you, Jonathan. I should note that r33202 boots fine for me on ar71xx, if that helps narrow down a root cause.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Jonathan Bither <jonbit...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I rebuilt the other day my ar2315 would not boot due to jffs2 errors. I > haven't checked to see if it was something in my tree, but just thought i'd > let you know. I can rebuilt with a clean true today and watch serial to see > if the issue persists. > > On 08/24/2012 01:02 PM, Ben West wrote: >> My problem is likely unrelated, but could you (Tobias) say precisely >> what revision of trunk you are using? >> >> Freshly compiled trunk r33202 w/ default config does not appear to >> boot at all on my OM1P (ar2315 chipset), i.e. no response on eth0. >> However, I don't think the bugs mentioned w/ compat-wireless in this >> thread could cause that. >> >> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Tobias Diedrich >> <ranma+open...@tdiedrich.de> wrote: >>> Compiling OpenWRT from trunk, I've found that there are issues with >>> setting txpower on AR2417: >>> >>> - No txpower setting in LuCI gui >>> - iw phy phy0 info shows 0dBm for all channels regardless of regdomain >>> >>> [ 9.332000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain >>> [ 9.340000] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated: >>> [ 9.344000] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), >>> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp) >>> [ 9.352000] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 >>> mBi, 2000 mBm) >>> [ 9.360000] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 >>> mBi, 2000 mBm) >>> [ 9.364000] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 >>> mBi, 2000 mBm) >>> [ 9.372000] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 >>> mBi, 2000 mBm) >>> [ 9.380000] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 >>> mBi, 2000 mBm) >>> >>> root@OpenWrt:/# iw phy phy0 info >>> Wiphy phy0 >>> Band 1: >>> Frequencies: >>> * 2412 MHz [1] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2417 MHz [2] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2422 MHz [3] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2427 MHz [4] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2432 MHz [5] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2437 MHz [6] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2442 MHz [7] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2447 MHz [8] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2452 MHz [9] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2457 MHz [10] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2462 MHz [11] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2467 MHz [12] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2472 MHz [13] (0.0 dBm) >>> * 2484 MHz [14] (disabled) >>> >>> >>> One issue seems to be fallout from >>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=eccc068e8e84c8fe997115629925e0422a98e4de >>> AFAICS max_power for the channels is never set and thus >>> min(chan->max_power, chan->max_reg_power) is 0. >>> >>> This patch tries to fix this (but is probably wrong :)) >>> After applying this patch "iw phy phy0 info" looks good, but >>> WiFi Analyzer on my phone still shows a very weak signal for the AP. >>> >>> Until I do this: >>> root@OpenWrt:/# iw phy phy0 set txpower fixed 0 >>> root@OpenWrt:/# iw phy phy0 set txpower auto >>> >>> And then the signal strength is good. >>> >>> iw phy phy0 set txpower fixed|limit still doesn't accept values above 0 for >>> some reason though. >>> >>> Index: compat-wireless-2012-07-16/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c >>> =================================================================== >>> --- compat-wireless-2012-07-16.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c >>> 2012-08-05 01:42:19.141413438 +0200 >>> +++ compat-wireless-2012-07-16/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c >>> 2012-08-05 01:44:19.957568271 +0200 >>> @@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ >>> if (!ath5k_is_standard_channel(ch, band)) >>> continue; >>> >>> + channels[count].max_power = AR5K_TUNE_MAX_TXPOWER; >>> + >>> count++; >>> } >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tobias PGP: http://8ef7ddba.uguu.de >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openwrt-devel mailing list >>> openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org >>> https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel -- Ben West http://gowasabi.net b...@gowasabi.net _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
