On 09/27/15 11:26, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:38:36AM +0200, giova...@paclan.it wrote:
>>> Synopsis: device timeout after some minutes of use with athn(4)
>>> Category: wireless
>>> Environment:
>> System : OpenBSD 5.8
>> Details : OpenBSD 5.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #1377: Wed Sep 23
>> 20:48:11 MDT 2015
>>
>> dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
>>
>> Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
>> Machine : amd64
>>> Description:
>> After some minutes of use the athn(4) device times out and no more
>> traffic goes through the interface.
>> athn0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "NETGEAR WNA WNA1100"
>> rev 2.00/1.08 addr 4
>> athn0: AR9271 rev 1 (1T1R), ROM rev 15, address e0:46:9a:09:d9:65
>> athn0: device timeout
>>
>>> How-To-Repeat:
>> Use athn(4) "NETGEAR WNA WNA1100" for some minutes,
>> increasing sc->sc_tx_timer in if_athn_usb.c does not help.
>>> Fix:
>> The only workaround known is to unplug the device and then plug it again
>
> Having spent quite some time chasing various athn(4) USB bug reports,
> I believe your issues are specific to the USB host controller driver,
> not to the wireless driver.
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/want.html
> * Machines with non-working xhci(4) "Intel 7 Series xHCI" and
> "Intel 8 Series xHCI" USB3 controllers (e.g. Dell Optiplex 3020)
> are needed in Aachen, Germany. Contact m...@openbsd.org.
>
Before this athn(4) I had, on this same laptop, an urtwn(4) wireless device
that worked fine.
The athn(4) wireless has the same problems if I attach it to the usb3 port as
well as to the usb2 port.
I will try to disable xhci(4) to see if it is related to that.
Cheers & Thanks
Giovanni