Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Full text console error message spam

[Ali Gunduz]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Karl Goetz<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:21:44 +1000
> Russell Currey <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I was running a full text console (Ctrl Alt F1) on my Eee PC 701 with
>> gnufs' custom kernel.  I started to get a message spamming my
>> console, that doesn't seem to make any sense.
>>
>> I couldn't copy-paste it, but it looked like this:
>>
>> [    67.676450] ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration timeout (2422 MHz)
>> [    67.676527] ath5k phy0: ath5k_chan_set: unable to reset channel
>> (2422 MHz)
>>
>> It didn't happen for hours, and then it did, and now it won't stop.
>> It's not constant spam, I'm fairly sure it's periodic.  What does it
>> mean?  Is it a hardware issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ruscur
>
> Could be a driver bug. Thats my guess, from the error. Otherwise its
> telling you something useful (its not connecting correctly on 2422MHz
> and is not resetting correctly).

I can confirm that this a common bug seen on some atheros wireless
card based systems. I used to have the same issue back in the kernel
version 2.6.27, but it improved after 2.6.28 and onwards on my
hardware. However, i hear that it still happens on some systems.

> Dare I say it though, I'd consider this a user support question.

Right.

Ali