Alx driver freezes the connection in Linux kernel 3.8.1

[piruthiviraj natarajan]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Liu, David <dwliu at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I had not saw any error in the dmesg log,
> As your say, after a while the connection will freeze, can I know how long for the while? Did you do anything in that while?
> I saw many message of wireless device in log, can you turn off the wireless temporary.
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> Best Regard
> David Liu
>
> From: unified-drivers [mailto:unified-drivers-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of piruthiviraj natarajan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:37 PM
> To: unified-drivers at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Alx driver freezes the connection in Linux kernel 3.8.1
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> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Liu, David <dwliu at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> HI,
> Could you let me know which Ethernet device of Qualcomm Atheros you are using? Through use "lspci" can list all of devices.
> Can you check ping fucntion is normal? Maybe you can set a fixed IP address and ping with other compuater.
> If ping is abnormal, please provide the system log that get it by type "dmesg".
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> Many thanks.
>
> Best Regard
> David Liu
>
> From: unified-drivers [mailto:unified-drivers-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of piruthiviraj natarajan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:24 AM
> To: unified-drivers at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Alx driver freezes the connection in Linux kernel 3.8.1
>
> I am using arch linux with latest updates and using 3.8.1 kernel in arch linux from testing. I used your package https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2013/03/04/compat-drivers-2013-03-04-u.tar.bz2
> I followed the instructions from here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Y580#Installation
> The driver works for a few mins and after a while  the connection freezes and no data transfer after that.
> I am not sure what to look for either. I would be happy to post any log if you want.
>
> my lspci output
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> [freedom at arch ~]$ lspci
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
> 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
> 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
> 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
> 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0fd4 (rev ff)
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 08)
> 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (rev c4)
> 04:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 30)
> 04:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 30)
> 04:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 30)
> 04:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller (rev 30)
>
>  ping -c 3 google.com
> PING google.com (74.125.236.174) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from maa03s16-in-f14.1e100.net (74.125.236.174): icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=17.3 ms
> 64 bytes from maa03s16-in-f14.1e100.net (74.125.236.174): icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=13.7 ms
> 64 bytes from maa03s16-in-f14.1e100.net (74.125.236.174): icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=7.79 ms
>
> --- google.com ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.797/12.946/17.309/3.922 ms
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> my dmseg
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> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/106654446/dmesg.alx
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> I guess my dmesg will give you some idea alx.
>

Since you told me turn off the wireless, I have switched it off. Now
everything is working fine for the last 1 hour or so.
But previously it used to freeze within few mins of connecting to the internet.
Let me post you if I have the freeze again with the same setting with wifi off.