Bug#659979: [3.1 -> 3.2.4 regression] ath9k AR9285: Excessive packet loss
Sorry for how long it took to get back to you.
Of course, when I tried tonight, none of the kernels (including 3.2
Debian) have excessive packet loss on ping (though many have a lot of tx
retries, and also som tx retries exceeded).
However, iperf still shows a big difference. (Note: iperf first does a
TX test, then an RX test, each lasting 60 seconds. Both are TCP streams.
-w 128k -l 128k -t 60 -r)
3.1.0-1-amd64: Debian packaged 3.1 kernel (from first test)
3.2.0: upstream 3.2 kernel. built from git per instructions
3.2.0-1-amd64: Debian packaged 3.2 kernel
3.3.0-rc4+: Upstream latest as of 45196cee28a5bcfb6ddbe2bffa4270cbed66ae4b
3.2.0 upstream is somewhat slow. 3.2.0-1-amd64 is very slow.
Both 3.2 versions showed the tx speed all over the place, and have
ridiculous number of tx retries. But somehow 3.2 upstream didn't
actually lose much speed from it...
On 02/15/2012 02:06 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
Hi Anthony,
Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
Under 3.1, the wirless works fine (0% packet loss). Under 3.2, ping
shows 25% packet loss pinging the local gateway. This is repeatable;
each time I boot 3.1, it works, each time I boot 3.2 it doesn't. I have
tried each immediately after the other. Several times over.
Thanks. Are you using WPA or WEP? (I'm guessing WPA.)
There have been some changes upstream recently, so please test Linus's
"master" or v3.3-rc4 or newer. It works like this:
0. Prerequisites:
apt-get install git build-essential
1. Get the source:
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
cd linux
Or, if you already have a kernel tree, update it:
cd linux
git fetch origin
2. Make sure v3.2 reproduces the bug:
git checkout v3.2
cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config; # current configuration
make localmodconfig; # optional: minimize configuration
make deb-pkg; # optionally with -j<num> for parallel build
dpkg -i ../<name of package>
reboot
3. Try "master":
git checkout origin/master
make silentoldconfig; # reuse configuration
make deb-pkg; # maybe with -j4
dpkg -i ../<name of package>
reboot
Hope that helps,
Jonathan
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