From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qg0-x234.google.com (mail-qg0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c04::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7291D21F24E for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 23:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id a108so3454163qge.25 for ; Thu, 15 May 2014 23:36:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=li8EvxgS09GFuVzWbnNqF1Ii79WyeMu+HK8LFx0oKLk=; b=C7HNKYrZTKu1NijFg1PV4L4y5U/rr0F0HKNBRfV0R9bfqdF74gWfwF44jN425JXP6I Ulr+qCJSNIIr2ITBPSKqPDylRUp8fNq3Bu+kx+xkk3KXcFrCST21Ca0ZUYyEUb301qXk GgMt+TlbJ6uhcXEYDgYveCTGktpqRr2oMAuNbYT0JoRQOYrVfLwweXavoX5xNwAJ4bGC il0I0OAYW2MZQ3M1mmMscKyjvUeiocmh5+DixOtcQx7kGYg4Qne9ZxhdFmYfsiyI5gZJ QtDrM41awVcDBto8MzGyHd8jZ0vyoZwySZExm+0gSDEn1iFD+SVMg/uMisEqGIiPhu/v ZGBA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.229.54.201 with SMTP id r9mr22572318qcg.6.1400222171299; Thu, 15 May 2014 23:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.37.133 with HTTP; Thu, 15 May 2014 23:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:36:11 -0700 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Cerowrt-devel] A stable cerowrt release in sight X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 06:36:12 -0000 it is now mid-may, about 3 months after I'd hoped to finally have a stable release. and I've spent about 8 months longer on this than I really could afford. I'm glad that we seem to have a stable release of dnsmasq, the sqm system is stable, and aside from bug 442 I haven't hard crashed a box in months and months. I considered bug 442 to be a showstopper and have spent most of the last months trying to isolate it. There's some cool code for blowing up queues in a repo of mine in particular. So as for fixing 442... I give up. Disabling 802.11e entirely appears to fix it in some limited testing, and as 802.11e is both broken conceptually and operationally, I don't feel like trying to fix it anymore, I just want a stable release and to move on to doing something - anything! else. So hopefully the upcoming 3.10.40-4 build will be stable enough to freeze on. If there is anything else that people want done before freezing, let me know soonest. In other news, availablilty of the 3800 series has dried up almost complete= ly: http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WNDR3800-Premium-Gigabit-Wireless/dp/B0058NN6= CS/ref=3Dsr_1_1?s=3Delectronics&ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1400221440&sr=3D1-1&keyword= s=3Dwndr3800 I have been evaluating multiple pieces of alternate hardware for years now. In terms of a "continue with cerowrt-with-minimal-changes" play, the 1) "tp-link archer c7 v2 ac1750" (the v2 part is critical) - uses a mildly more powerful processor than the wndr3800, has the same amount of flash and memory, 2 usb ports, and comes with an ath10k chip that theoretically does 802.11ac with a proprietary firmware blob (but has an ath9k for 2.4ghz operation). The performance of the ath10k sucks rocks presently. It costs 99 bucks at frys. I have been testing using one for a week now (with straight openwrt) and it= 's pretty stable. It also doesn't live up to its billing - it can't forward packets faster than 350mbits, only slightly better than the wndr3800, and I figure it won't come close to 802.11ac speeds either. In terms of finding something faster... 2) Am still waiting on the belkin wrt product to show up 3) am mostly hacking on x86 gear to get the speed I wanted to have I just want a stable release, to sip boat drinks for a while, and try to co= me up with a strategy to move forward from here that makes sense. I'm open to ideas as to how to spend the next year more productively. In other, other news, the ubnt edgerouter fq_codel test is going fairly wel= l. --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht