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Post #4001

jklap

31 Mar 2015, 13:57

wrtpat wrote:

gufus wrote:
drewgarth2 wrote:
Great news, looking forward to hearing how this tests out.
FYI
https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commits/master
I tried the changes today.
Unfortunately, the changes don't appear to fix the performance issue. Performance is no better (perhaps worse) than it was prior to today's commits.

And this is compared to the change you've been testing, correct? It seems LogicoZone is seeing an improvement while you aren't?

Post #4002

Kaloz

31 Mar 2015, 14:28

The new images are up.. If possible, I would people with serial console to check, in case mwlwifi or something would error out.

Post #4003

Gazoo

31 Mar 2015, 14:49

jklap wrote:

And this is compared to the change you've been testing, correct? It seems LogicoZone is seeing an improvement while you aren't?

No wrtpat tested with first set of fixes from Marvell .. People replied to the origional issue that it still wasn't fixed. Then LogicoZone tested after a second set of patches from Marvell was submitted... It looks like the second set of changes may have fixed the issue.

Post #4004

alirz

31 Mar 2015, 15:20

alirz wrote:

@nitroshift
i think perhaps its better to just stop and not worry about a custom build. Thats going to open a whole new can of worms most likely.
Why i say this?
After i installed your customer built image for me. I tried to install "python-pip" as i normally do, but this time i got this error message:
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install python-pip
Installing python-pip (1.5.6-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … mvebu.ipk.
sh: /tmp/opkg-tugV6q/python-pip-iDgPko/preinst: Permission denied
Collected errors:
* pkg_run_script: package "python-pip" preinst script returned status 126.
* preinst_configure: Aborting installation of python-pip.
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package python-pip.
Perhaps, you had tried to include it into the image, but possibly it error ed out and got excluded due to some errors behind the seen?
Anyways, i do appreciate your help but i wont waste your time anymore. ill stick to manually installing the packages i need.

EDIT: i reverted back to the original KALZOs March 23rd snapshop image was running. im getting the python pip errors on that also. Looks like something change in the repo?

(Last edited by alirz on 31 Mar 2015, 16:18)

Post #4005

mojolacerator

31 Mar 2015, 15:53

Canada Computers has over 200 refurbished WRT1900AC's in stock @ $149......almost tempted to get in the game again..........

(Last edited by mojolacerator on 31 Mar 2015, 15:53)

Post #4006

alirz

31 Mar 2015, 15:57

@mojolacerator
Yeh i saw that too. Are you in Canada...Hopefully the question is not against forum rules

Post #4007

mojolacerator

31 Mar 2015, 15:59

alirz wrote:

@mojolacerator
Yeh i saw that too. Are you in Canada...Hopefully the question is not against forum rules

yup - Toronto Area

Post #4008

alirz

31 Mar 2015, 16:18

alirz wrote:

alirz wrote:
@nitroshift
i think perhaps its better to just stop and not worry about a custom build. Thats going to open a whole new can of worms most likely.
Why i say this?
After i installed your customer built image for me. I tried to install "python-pip" as i normally do, but this time i got this error message:
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install python-pip
Installing python-pip (1.5.6-1) to root...
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … mvebu.ipk.
sh: /tmp/opkg-tugV6q/python-pip-iDgPko/preinst: Permission denied
Collected errors:
* pkg_run_script: package "python-pip" preinst script returned status 126.
* preinst_configure: Aborting installation of python-pip.
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package python-pip.
Perhaps, you had tried to include it into the image, but possibly it error ed out and got excluded due to some errors behind the seen?
Anyways, i do appreciate your help but i wont waste your time anymore. ill stick to manually installing the packages i need.

EDIT: i reverted back to the original KALZOs March 23rd snapshop image was running. im getting the python pip errors on that also. Looks like something change in the repo?

I had opened a ticket at openwrt.org for this. Just saw an udpate that said

fixed in r45187

Is that revision the same as kalzon's latest Mar 31st build?

Post #4009

nitroshift

31 Mar 2015, 16:26

@alirz

r45187 is dated about an hour ago.

nitroshift

Post #4010

jklap

31 Mar 2015, 16:45

Gazoo wrote:

jklap wrote:
And this is compared to the change you've been testing, correct? It seems LogicoZone is seeing an improvement while you aren't?
No wrtpat tested with first set of fixes from Marvell .. People replied to the origional issue that it still wasn't fixed. Then LogicoZone tested after a second set of patches from Marvell was submitted... It looks like the second set of changes may have fixed the issue.

Got it-- "latest" wasn't clear from LogicoZone's post given the additional commits from Marvell were a couple of hours before his post.

I've built an image against those second set of changes this morning-- testing that now.

Post #4011

jklap

31 Mar 2015, 16:47

jklap wrote:

DavidMcWRT wrote:
jklap wrote:
Curious-- is this consistent? What happens if you sysupdate without keeping settings?
Haven't risked trying to reboot (which actually might be the root cause) after getting everything set up.
Haven't tried without keeping settings and likely won't have time to do so until next weekend.
However, my settings haven't changed for many, many builds, and re-importing the same settings after a factory reset results in stable operation (at least if I don't reboot).
Right now I need to use my connection rather than risk it , but I just wanted others to be aware that something wasn't right.
Anyone out there experiencing this that has a serial connection to their router such that they can tell us what is going on?

Dang, jinked myself-- lost my overlay on a flash this morning. Don't see anything obvious from the boot though

Will continue to watch it...

Post #4012

daddyrazzy

31 Mar 2015, 17:32

Kaloz wrote:

The new images are up.. If possible, I would people with serial console to check, in case mwlwifi or something would error out.

@kaloz

i'm getting kernelpanics at boot

[ 8.858126] jffs2: Further such events for this erase block will not be printed
[ 8.893483] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x00467808 ends at 0x00468000
[ 8.925842] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x00468004 ends at 0x0046a000
[ 8.956066] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x0046a004 ends at 0x00472000
[ 8.979238] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00480000: 0x4255 instead
[ 8.988798] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00480004: 0x0001 instead
[ 8.998351] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00480018: 0xa80d instead
[ 9.007904] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x0048003c: 0xbe58 instead
[ 9.052220] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x00480040 ends at 0x00480800
[ 9.058169] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00480800: 0x4255 instead
[ 9.067722] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00480804: 0x0101 instead
[ 9.077277] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x0048083c: 0x759c instead
[ 9.121505] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x00480840 ends at 0x00483000
[ 9.127454] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x00483000: 0xadde instead
[ 9.170857] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a0000: 0x4255 instead
[ 9.180417] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a0004: 0x0001 instead
[ 9.189970] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a0018: 0xa80d instead
[ 9.199522] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a003c: 0xbe58 instead
[ 9.243759] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x004a0040 ends at 0x004a0800
[ 9.249707] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a0800: 0x4255 instead
[ 9.259260] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a0804: 0x0101 instead
[ 9.268813] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a083c: 0xe33f instead
[ 9.313057] jffs2: Empty flash at 0x004a0840 ends at 0x004a4000
[ 9.319006] jffs2: jffs2_scan_eraseblock(): Magic bitmask 0x1985 not found at 0x004a4000: 0xadde instead
[ 10.602648] jffs2: Cowardly refusing to erase blocks on filesystem with no valid JFFS2 nodes
[ 10.611126] jffs2: empty_blocks 258, bad_blocks 0, c->nr_blocks 296
[ 10.617539] VFS: Cannot open root device "mtdblock7" or unknown-block(31,7): error -5
[ 10.625463] Please append a correct "root=" boot option; here are the available partitions:
[ 10.633907] 1f00 1024 mtdblock0 (driver?)
[ 10.639001] 1f01 256 mtdblock1 (driver?)
[ 10.644141] 1f02 256 mtdblock2 (driver?)
[ 10.649230] 1f03 1024 mtdblock3 (driver?)
[ 10.654370] 1f04 40960 mtdblock4 (driver?)
[ 10.659457] 1f05 37888 mtdblock5 (driver?)
[ 10.664596] 1f06 40960 mtdblock6 (driver?)
[ 10.669683] 1f07 37888 mtdblock7 (driver?)
[ 10.674823] 1f08 38912 mtdblock8 (driver?)
[ 10.679910] 1f09 32 mtdblock9 (driver?)
[ 10.685047] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,7)
[ 10.693469] CPU1: stopping
[ 10.696205] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 3.18.10 #1
[ 10.702231] Backtrace:
[ 10.704720] [<c001adb4>] (dump_backtrace) from [<c001b11c>] (show_stack+0x18/0x1c)
[ 10.712314] r6:00000000 r5:00000000 r4:c0416bb8 r3:00000000
[ 10.718059] [<c001b104>] (show_stack) from [<c017fd10>] (dump_stack+0x8c/0x9c)
[ 10.725315] [<c017fc84>] (dump_stack) from [<c001d2a4>] (handle_IPI+0xe8/0x174)
[ 10.732646] r5:c04048f8 r4:00000001
[ 10.736272] [<c001d1bc>] (handle_IPI) from [<c00086dc>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq+0xa8/0xe0)
[ 10.744736] r6:c044c7d8 r5:00000020 r4:00000005 r3:00000020
[ 10.750479] [<c0008634>] (armada_370_xp_handle_irq) from [<c00097a0>] (__irq_svc+0x40/0x54)
[ 10.758857] Exception stack(0xcf853f28 to 0xcf853f70)
[ 10.763935] 3f20: 001ebbf8 00000002 540be400 00000002 7d2e19e8 00000002
[ 10.772148] 3f40: cfde2a48 c0413344 00000002 00000000 c04090cc cf853f9c 0000001a cf853f70
[ 10.780356] 3f60: 00000006 c02439a4 20000153 ffffffff
[ 10.785424] r10:c04090cc r9:00000000 r8:00000002 r7:cf853f5c r6:ffffffff r5:20000153
[ 10.793352] r4:c02439a4
[ 10.795923] [<c0243948>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<c0243b0c>] (cpuidle_enter+0x1c/0x20)
[ 10.804212] r8:00000098 r7:c03698f8 r6:c04132ac r5:cfde2a48 r4:cf852030
[ 10.811017] [<c0243af0>] (cpuidle_enter) from [<c005169c>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x288/0x2a8)
[ 10.819318] [<c0051414>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<c001cf8c>] (secondary_start_kernel+0x144/0x14c)
[ 10.828391] r7:c044ebcc
[ 10.830955] [<c001ce48>] (secondary_start_kernel) from [<00008804>] (0x8804)
[ 10.838025] r5:00000015 r4:0f83c06a
[ 10.841649] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(31,7)

Post #4013

belliash

31 Mar 2015, 17:35

Strange error... Like it lacked modules to storage / filesystem....

Post #4014

ValCher

31 Mar 2015, 17:40

Hey there!
Has anyone tried to use the package "debootstrap" to install Debian on WRT1900, I can not make Debian install in startup. Previously put Debian on WRT350n v2.1 as described -https: //wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/D-Link/DIR-825, but now it does not work.
Who has any ideas?
Thank U

Post #4015

daddyrazzy

31 Mar 2015, 17:57

no problem instaling the latest from the trunk

Post #4016

alirz

31 Mar 2015, 18:10

I believe this link always has the latest trunk builds: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots … actory.img

Is there a way to tell which revision a particular image is i.e which r4xxxxx ?
There's a possible fix for one of the issue i had reported to openwrt. Its supposedly fixed in 45187

I would like to know when would i be able to download an image that would include the fix.

Thanks.

Post #4017

LogicoZone

31 Mar 2015, 18:29

belliash wrote:

hmm ... iperf3 doesn't show 30MB/s ;-)
BTW: Did you compile trunk? Or you had to modify anything?

I compiled against 45170 with couple packages rolled back to previous version such as "ustream-ssl", "e2fsprogs" and patch for transmission.

Other than those, it's trunk of 45170. I also use sysupgrade from Kaloz's 3/23 image with keep settings checked.

Post #4018

LogicoZone

31 Mar 2015, 18:30

alirz wrote:

I believe this link always has the latest trunk builds: https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots … actory.img
Is there a way to tell which revision a particular image is i.e which r4xxxxx ?
There's a possible fix for one of the issue i had reported to openwrt. Its supposedly fixed in 45187
I would like to know when would i be able to download an image that would include the fix.
Thanks.

daily build bot information is here. It takes almost a day to complete a build. And current running build is 45186. So you have to wait one more day for it.

http://buildbot.openwrt.org:8010/builde … builds/441

Actually, it seems r45187 may not fix it.

https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/19382

(Last edited by LogicoZone on 31 Mar 2015, 18:47)

Post #4019

ShawnG1972

31 Mar 2015, 18:33

I went to Kaloz latest image dated March 31, and I bricked my router. I am back up again, and using the trunk image and it says: r45157

For me, everything has been "great" overall with wifi performance for well over a week. Before that, it was "good/ok" since the end of February.

Whatever updates that were released around March 20th seemed to help the overall performance.
I think I am at at point where I am just going to leave it on and see how stable it really is.

I did have one more question. In luci, under Network, Wifi, the General Setup tab(2.4Ghz), why does it not show the mode or channel? It seems to display it in the status graphic above. It does show everything in the 5Ghz radio.

Could it be that the changes I made to \etc\config\wireless are not supported in LUCI?

Thanks for your development work.

Post #4020

belliash

31 Mar 2015, 18:36

One thing Im a little bit confused about.
Are latest patches to mwlwifi available in trunk or only in build prepared by Kaloz?

Post #4021

LogicoZone

31 Mar 2015, 18:38

belliash wrote:

One thing Im a little bit confused about.
Are latest patches to mwlwifi available in trunk or only in build prepared by Kaloz?

No. I don't think Kaloz push the latest mwlwifi to trunk yet. Also, it seems Kaloz pulled off the 3/31 build maybe due to the kernel panic error.

Post #4022

belliash

31 Mar 2015, 18:39

LogicoZone wrote:

belliash wrote:
One thing Im a little bit confused about.
Are latest patches to mwlwifi available in trunk or only in build prepared by Kaloz?
No. I don't think Kaloz push the latest mwlwifi to trunk yet. Also, it seems Kaloz pulled off the 3/31 build maybe due to the kernel panic error.

I dont think this kernel panic is related to mwlwifi.
Doesnt look like.

BTW: I am observing strange behaviour
`df -h` says there is only 26.5M on rootfs. I was installing additional packages and the free space was decreasing, until it came to about 95% used. Then after a while `df -h` launched one more time showed about 20% used space. So i decided to install more packages and situation repeated. It looks really strange, like sth would be removing / compressing data in the background. :-|

(Last edited by belliash on 31 Mar 2015, 18:43)

Post #4023

LogicoZone

31 Mar 2015, 18:40

belliash wrote:

LogicoZone wrote:
belliash wrote:
One thing Im a little bit confused about.
Are latest patches to mwlwifi available in trunk or only in build prepared by Kaloz?
No. I don't think Kaloz push the latest mwlwifi to trunk yet. Also, it seems Kaloz pulled off the 3/31 build maybe due to the kernel panic error.
I dont think this kernel panic is related to mwlwifi.
Doesnt look like.

I know it's not mwlwifi since I'm running fine with latest mwlwifi driver.

Post #4024

doITright

31 Mar 2015, 18:46

Got over 3 trouble free days from r45058

Firmware Version OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45058 / LuCI (git-15.079.29361-3e37216)
Kernel Version 3.18.9
Local Time Tue Mar 31 13:36:25 2015
Uptime 3d 2h 33m 36s
Load Average 0.20, 0.32, 0.18

Can't help myself.... need to upgrade to latest build....

Firmware Version OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45157 / LuCI (git-15.079.29361-3e37216)
Kernel Version 3.18.9
Local Time Tue Mar 31 13:43:47 2015
Uptime 0h 1m 26s
Load Average 0.65, 0.27, 0.10

Not quite r45187 so it looks like I will be doing this again tomorrow

Cheers

Post #4025

nitroshift

31 Mar 2015, 18:49

Firmware image with kernel 4.0-rc6 and latest WiFi driver pulled from maintainer's repository uploaded to the known location on Onedrive. Also fixed the fan control, so no more file editing required after flash.

nitroshift

(Last edited by nitroshift on 31 Mar 2015, 18:58)