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Kaloz wrote:
DavidMcWRT wrote:

@Kaloz:

1. Any news on whether/why/when the driver changes from 1st Apr haven't been put in a test build or committed to trunk yet?

https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit … 0773b9944d
https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit … 0773b9944d

(NB these came AFTER your 31st Mar driver commits to trunk)


2. Linux kernel 3.18.11 also been out for a few days.

All in with additional fixes for other armada socs wink

Can u update https://downloads.openwrt.org/people/kaloz/ too smile

(Last edited by gufus on 7 Apr 2015, 22:37)

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alirz wrote:
belliash wrote:
alirz wrote:

Im doing a real world file transfer test from my stand alone NAS this on a gigabit wired connection to the router.
On both CC and MCWRT my wifi client connects at 433 mbps but actual  file transfer speeds with CC is about 11 MB/s whereas with MCWRT its 19MB/sec.. I've repeated this test MANY times with atleast 4 different CC builds and its always the same result

Pretty strange because I got over 40MiB/s on r45269.

Well my speeds are on the low end because of my wifi client (Nexus 5 phone). In any case that shouldn't be the reason why i get different speeds between the two firmware types.

I'm running a dozen clients (all but 2 are wireless). No NAS. My Android tablet tops out at 433Mbps on 5G.
10GB (Videotron). What are your internet speeds like?

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grimley wrote:
alirz wrote:
belliash wrote:

Pretty strange because I got over 40MiB/s on r45269.

Well my speeds are on the low end because of my wifi client (Nexus 5 phone). In any case that shouldn't be the reason why i get different speeds between the two firmware types.

I'm running a dozen clients (all but 2 are wireless). No NAS. My Android tablet tops out at 433Mbps on 5G.
10GB (Videotron). What are your internet speeds like?

Sure the wifi link speed is 433mbps.. But what is the actual file transfer speed you get with that device (Android tablet).
Internet speed test is not really good indication of the speed test. That is limited by videotron's internet package you have.

Are you able to do a test using file explorer and transfer a file to the device like a local ftp or smb share?

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grimley wrote:

OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45279 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (Link speed = 433Mbps / Signal = -37 dBm / Channel: 149)
Wifi Speed Test (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzolee.android.localwifispeedtester&hl=en)
Server (https://bitbucket.org/pzolee/tcpserver/downloads = wifi_speed_test_server.exe)
139.06 Mbps DL
82.97 Mbps UL

hmmm i see. So thats about 17MB/sec download. I get about 90Mbps with CC... and about 140Mbps with MCWRT.
Not sure what to make of this now.

What is your wifi radio setting for 5G?

Thanks for checking though.

(Last edited by alirz on 7 Apr 2015, 21:05)

Kaloz wrote:
gufus wrote:

Can u update https://downloads.openwrt.org/people/kaloz/ too smile

I'll do that tomorrow, I have some other things in the pipeline smile

@Kaloz
With the risk of asking a generic question, what firmware do you think/believe offers best performance to stability ratio (including packages compatibility) - the one with kernel 3 or 4?

Sorry, posts 4306 to 4304 are missing from our archive.

Good news - Kaloz has committed the cpuidle patches to trunk:

https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/45294

That means the NEXT trunk snapshot AFTER the current one building should have it (so, in approx. 36 hours).


@Kaloz:

1. Any news on whether/why/when the driver changes from 1st Apr haven't been put in a test build or committed to trunk yet?

https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit/07df0cf2f71dec9c8b51d4707492540773b9944d
https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit/07df0cf2f71dec9c8b51d4707492540773b9944d

(NB these came AFTER your 31st Mar driver commits to trunk)


2. Linux kernel 3.18.11 also been out for a few days.

(Last edited by DavidMcWRT on 7 Apr 2015, 21:08)

Nihilanth wrote:

With the risk of asking a generic question, what firmware do you think/believe offers best performance to stability ratio (including packages compatibility) - the one with kernel 3 or 4?

IMHO 3.18.x

(Last edited by gufus on 7 Apr 2015, 23:22)

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alirz wrote:
grimley wrote:

OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45279 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (Link speed = 433Mbps / Signal = -37 dBm / Channel: 149)
Wifi Speed Test (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzolee.android.localwifispeedtester&hl=en)
Server (https://bitbucket.org/pzolee/tcpserver/downloads = wifi_speed_test_server.exe)
139.06 Mbps DL
82.97 Mbps UL

hmmm i see. So thats about 17MB/sec download. I get about 90Mbps with CC... and about 140Mbps with MCWRT.
Not sure what to make of this now.

What is your wifi radio setting for 5G?

Thanks for checking though.

AC
Channel: 149
Width: 80
Transmit: 20db
WPA2-PSK

Nihilanth wrote:

@Kaloz
With the risk of asking a generic question, what firmware do you think/believe offers best performance to stability ratio (including packages compatibility) - the one with kernel 3 or 4?

Kernel 3.18.X is the LTS currently supported on openwrt so most (if not all) the packages have been compiled specifically for 3.18.X and improvements will be incorporated to 3.18 as backports from mainline kernels.

Kernel 4.0(-rcX) are "experimental" since they have not been mainlined yet! However I see that most of the changes made in 4.0 have had huge improvements in performance, stability, and kernel options.

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grimley wrote:
alirz wrote:
grimley wrote:

OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45279 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (Link speed = 433Mbps / Signal = -37 dBm / Channel: 149)
Wifi Speed Test (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzolee.android.localwifispeedtester&hl=en)
Server (https://bitbucket.org/pzolee/tcpserver/downloads = wifi_speed_test_server.exe)
139.06 Mbps DL
82.97 Mbps UL

hmmm i see. So thats about 17MB/sec download. I get about 90Mbps with CC... and about 140Mbps with MCWRT.
Not sure what to make of this now.

What is your wifi radio setting for 5G?

Thanks for checking though.

AC
Channel: 149
Width: 80
Transmit: 20db
WPA2-PSK

Thanks. Again same as mine. I guess i will try with another device (Apple Ipad 2).

@DavidWRT

patches are mainlined tongue compiling now big_smile

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Hostname OpenWrt
Model Linksys WRT1900AC (Mamba)
Firmware Version OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45275 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235) 
Kernel Version 4.0.0-rc6


my external hard drive is not working very fast on 4.0.0-rc6

on the stock firmware i could copy a 16 Gb file in 25 mins - using openwrt it takes 2 hours and 25 minutes. the computer connects to the router via network cable, so not a wifi problem

the hdd is usb3 and is plugged into the usb3 slot (the usb light doesn't light on the router - i don't know if it is supposed to

i have kmod-usb3 installed. this is my automount script that mounts the hdd

blkdev=`dirname $DEVPATH`
if [ `basename $blkdev` != "block" ]; then
    device=`basename $DEVPATH`
    case "$ACTION" in
        add)
            mkdir -p /mnt/backups
            # vfat & ntfs-3g check
            if [ `which fdisk` ]; then
                isntfs=`fdisk -l | grep $device | grep NTFS`
                isvfat=`fdisk -l | grep $device | grep FAT`
                isfuse=`lsmod | grep fuse`
                isntfs3g=`which ntfs-3g`
            else
                isntfs=""
                isvfat=""
            fi
            # mount with ntfs-3g if possible, else with default mount
            if [ "$isntfs" -a "$isfuse" -a "$isntfs3g" ]; then
                ntfs-3g /dev/$device /mnt/backups
            elif [ "$isvfat" ]; then
                mount -o iocharset=utf8 /dev/$device /mnt/backups
            else
                mount /dev/$device /mnt/backups
            fi
        ;;
        remove)
            umount -l /mnt/backups
        ;;
    esac
fi


can anybody help me - i assume it is getting usb2 instead of usb3 - how can i tell ?

(Last edited by ethereal on 7 Apr 2015, 23:48)

Kaloz wrote:
DavidMcWRT wrote:

@Kaloz:

1. driver changes from 1st Apr
2. Linux kernel 3.18.11

All in with additional fixes for other armada socs wink


Great.  Thank you so much!

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DavidMcWRT wrote:

@Kaloz:

1. Any news on whether/why/when the driver changes from 1st Apr haven't been put in a test build or committed to trunk yet?

https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit/07df0cf2f71dec9c8b51d4707492540773b9944d
https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/commit/07df0cf2f71dec9c8b51d4707492540773b9944d

(NB these came AFTER your 31st Mar driver commits to trunk)


2. Linux kernel 3.18.11 also been out for a few days.

All in with additional fixes for other armada socs wink

alirz wrote:
grimley wrote:
alirz wrote:

hmmm i see. So thats about 17MB/sec download. I get about 90Mbps with CC... and about 140Mbps with MCWRT.
Not sure what to make of this now.

What is your wifi radio setting for 5G?

Thanks for checking though.

AC
Channel: 149
Width: 80
Transmit: 20db
WPA2-PSK

Thanks. Again same as mine. I guess i will try with another device (Apple Ipad 2).


@Grimley

What "cipher" are you using under wireless security? Thanks

lifehacksback wrote:

NEW IMAGES!!

http://tinyurl.com/Lifehacksback-Testing-CC

3.18.11 and 4.0-rc7
new wifi drivers

Just an FYI this is missing modules for any file system i.e no vat, ext4, ntfs support in these images.

EDIT: What i really want to say is that atleast the ext4 module is not compatible unless i guess compiled with the images

(Last edited by alirz on 8 Apr 2015, 00:56)

alirz wrote:
alirz wrote:
grimley wrote:

AC
Channel: 149
Width: 80
Transmit: 20db
WPA2-PSK

Thanks. Again same as mine. I guess i will try with another device (Apple Ipad 2).


@Grimley

What "cipher" are you using under wireless security? Thanks

AUTO

alirz wrote:
lifehacksback wrote:

NEW IMAGES!!

http://tinyurl.com/Lifehacksback-Testing-CC

3.18.11 and 4.0-rc7
new wifi drivers

Just an FYI this is missing modules for any file system i.e no vat, ext4, ntfs support in these images.

EDIT: What i really want to say is that atleast the ext4 module is not compatible unless i guess compiled with the images

Yep i did not compile the ext4 module as i only use btrfs

l3333 wrote:

@alirz

Need one? Check it out https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2 … =folder%2c

If there is something extra that you don't need like ntfs just delete it.

One more thing I'd like to point out is that I came across a problem of sysupgrading in builds later than 45272. Sysupgrade just hangs. Should this happen just turn power off and back on then wait till it boots and reset it with button. Connect to LuCI via 192.168.1.1 and make sysupgrade then load your settings after reboot.

Do you have console access? I've been sysupgrading in builds later then that without issue.

l3333 wrote:

@alirz

Need one? Check it out https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2 … =folder%2c

If there is something extra that you don't need like ntfs just delete it.

One more thing I'd like to point out is that I came across a problem of sysupgrading in builds later than 45272. Sysupgrade just hangs. Should this happen just turn power off and back on then wait till it boots and reset it with button. Connect to LuCI via 192.168.1.1 and make sysupgrade then load your settings after reboot.


Cool thanks.....

a note on sysupgrade...I tried again to flash full image from CC 45305 to 45250 and bricked it again. Can you NOT downgrade without going to stock?

Symtom is the same all the time. after the flash it reboots but solid power led.
With serial i see that its just sitting at the Marvel prompt after having complained about not being to mount the file system of something. I did not note down the exact error.

(Last edited by alirz on 8 Apr 2015, 02:33)

l3333 wrote:
alirz wrote:
l3333 wrote:

@alirz

Need one? Check it out https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2 … =folder%2c

If there is something extra that you don't need like ntfs just delete it.

One more thing I'd like to point out is that I came across a problem of sysupgrading in builds later than 45272. Sysupgrade just hangs. Should this happen just turn power off and back on then wait till it boots and reset it with button. Connect to LuCI via 192.168.1.1 and make sysupgrade then load your settings after reboot.


Cool thanks.....

a note on sysupgrade...I tried again to flash full image from CC 45305 to 45250 and bricked it again. Can you NOT downgrade without going to stock?

Yes you can but not with full image but with sysupgrade.tar

Oh really, you can use the sysupgrade img fle to down grade? I didnt know. I thought i had to flash a full image for downgrades.
So is it a known thing that you CANNOT DOWNGRADE USING FULL IMAGE

l3333 wrote:
alirz wrote:
l3333 wrote:

Yes you can but not with full image but with sysupgrade.tar

Oh really, you can use the sysupgrade img fle to down grade? I didnt know. I thought i had to flash a full image for downgrades.
So is it a known thing that you CANNOT DOWNGRADE USING FULL IMAGE

I managed neither upgrade nor downgrade with full image within Openwrt. Full image from the stock only.

I will keep that in mind forever now lol. Thanks.

grimley wrote:
alirz wrote:
alirz wrote:

Thanks. Again same as mine. I guess i will try with another device (Apple Ipad 2).


@Grimley

What "cipher" are you using under wireless security? Thanks

AUTO

latest firmware from trunk: 08-Apr-2015
Firmware Version    OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45289 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10

File with 1000 Mbytes
Server with 1Gbit ethernet cable
client oppo find 7 phone

upload: 206.06 Mbits/s
down: 189.49 Mbits/s

Server with wifi instead of ethernet gigabit
up:49.51 Mbits/s
down: 38.04 Mbits/s

LuCI!
Sysupgraded trunk this morning (from Apr7 to Apr8).
(CC version would appear to be incorrect based on @carlos.quiron's post above)
OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45279 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10
Also, DHCP Lease list not appearing correctly.
Tried to flash stock in order to bring in today's full image.
Am unable to flash anything from LuCI (stock, img, upgrade / downgrade).
Once "Proceed" is selected, the interface appears to go to flash mode but nothing happens on the router other than losing WAN access. A power cycle brings it back to the starting point. How may I correct this via the console?

Thanks

l3333 wrote:
alirz wrote:
l3333 wrote:

Yes you can but not with full image but with sysupgrade.tar

Oh really, you can use the sysupgrade img fle to down grade? I didnt know. I thought i had to flash a full image for downgrades.
So is it a known thing that you CANNOT DOWNGRADE USING FULL IMAGE

I managed neither upgrade nor downgrade with full image within Openwrt. Full image from the stock only.

You can upgrade or downgrade using sysupgrade and a full image without issue (at least within CC-- can't speak to going to McWrt with sysupgrade). If you are running into issues, any output during the upgrade and reboot would be useful in tracking down the problems.

grimley wrote:

LuCI!
Sysupgraded trunk this morning (from Apr7 to Apr8).
(CC version would appear to be incorrect based on @carlos.quiron's post above)
OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45279 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version    3.18.10
Also, DHCP Lease list not appearing correctly.
Tried to flash stock in order to bring in today's full image.
Am unable to flash anything from LuCI (stock, img, upgrade / downgrade).
Once "Proceed" is selected, the interface appears to go to flash mode but nothing happens on the router other than losing WAN access. A power cycle brings it back to the starting point. How may I correct this via the console?

Thanks

I install de full image "openwrt-mvebu-armada-xp-mamba-squashfs-factory.img 08-Apr-2015 08:13" from trunk, after I try de image openwrt-4.0-rc7kern.img. always without "Keep settings".
Then I have to :
edit de wan interface in network file "vi /etc/config/network" with my ISP account.
opkg update
opkg install luci
and upload my latest backup config via luci smile

well i bricked my router twice when trying to flash a full image going up and down between CC builds. I also unchecked "keep settings".
Next time i attempt something like this, i take logs via serial.

WAN status led doesnt seem to be working fine since the past few builds. Its always solid on regardless if the WAN cable is even plugged in or not.
Dnsmasq also cannot read a hosts file that is on a usb flash drive. Gives a permission error.

https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/19415#comment:2

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@alirz

Need one? Check it out https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=2 … =folder%2c

If there is something extra that you don't need like ntfs just delete it.

One more thing I'd like to point out is that I came across a problem of sysupgrading in builds later than 45272. Sysupgrade just hangs. Should this happen just turn power off and back on then wait till it boots and reset it with button. Connect to LuCI via 192.168.1.1 and make sysupgrade then load your settings after reboot.

(Last edited by l3333 on 8 Apr 2015, 01:34)

l3333 wrote:

@grimley

l3333 wrote:

One more thing I'd like to point out is that I came across a problem of sysupgrading in builds later than 45272. Sysupgrade just hangs. Should this happen just turn power off and back on then wait till it boots and reset it with button. Connect to LuCI via 192.168.1.1 and make sysupgrade then load your settings after reboot.

I'm not the only one.

The reset button! Genius. :-) I hadn't touched it since I was using stock. Thanks for the nudge.
Managed to get back to stock and flash full Apr8 image without difficulty (+ saved config).
All good.
OpenWrt Chaos Calmer r45289 / LuCI (git-15.090.50849-576e235)
Kernel Version 3.18.10
Going back to my routine of flashing full images via stock.

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