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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just want to inform you, that i have got strange
problem, which looked like problems with 0.4.4 HostAP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have prepared long mail for this mailinglist, but
i did not sent it, because problem was somewhere else.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have Intel Bayfield i865G (ICH5) MB with 3x
ZCOM XI-626 cards (2x in Master mode).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debian testing with custom compilled kernel
2.4.31</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have found, that if i enable SATA support in BIOS
(no SATA disk!), router locks about 3 times per day, everytime with this in
kernel log:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG:
wifi2: transmit timed out<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel: wifi2 Tx timed
out! Resetting card<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel: wifi2: CMD=0021
EVSTAT=0000 OFFSET0=0000 OFFSET1=0000 SWSUPPORT0=8a32<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09
shraamka kernel: wifi2: scheduled card reset<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel:
hostap_pci: wifi2: resetting card<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel: wifi2:
Original COR value: 0x32<BR>Sep 26 12:12:09 shraamka kernel: prism2_hw_init:
initialized in 180 ms<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG:
wifi2: transmit timed out<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel: wifi2 Tx timed
out! Resetting card<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel: wifi2: CMD=0021
EVSTAT=0000 OFFSET0=0000 OFFSET1=0000 SWSUPPORT0=8a32<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15
shraamka kernel: wifi2: scheduled card reset<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel:
hostap_pci: wifi2: resetting card<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel: wifi2:
Original COR value: 0x32<BR>Sep 26 12:12:15 shraamka kernel: prism2_hw_init:
initialized in 190 ms</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It took me few days to find that it is caused by
SATA enabled in BIOS. (it happens only to cards in Master mode)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did not try new BIOS and i also left
firmware in cards at 1.1.1/1.7.4.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, it is for your information, that it could
happen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have some small questions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have got someone same SATA problems with Intel
chipset?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which card FW is recommended for HostAP
0.4.4?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kernel 2.4.31 have WE v16 - HostAP 0.4.4 recommends
v18 - could it be problem, or is possible to patch this kernel to v18? (I could
not use 2.6 kernel, because lmsensors have different output format)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Petr, czfree.net</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: i have all 6 PCI slots used (3x 626, 1x
Atheros, 1port Intel LAN, 2port Intel LAN) and it looks stable, but Atheros and
two ETH cards are not yet used.</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>