Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:04:19 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: BSDVault <diesel@bsdvault.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wi driver has WEP issues on both 5.0 and 5.1 Message-ID: <20030621050419.6CF955D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from BSDVault <diesel@bsdvault.net> of "Sat, 21 Jun 2003 00:32:45 EDT." <BB19582D.2875%diesel@bsdvault.net>
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> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 00:32:45 -0400 > From: BSDVault <diesel@bsdvault.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > A head up about the wi driver in FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1. I have a netgear > MA-311 card that supports HostAP mode. The issue is that I get a busy bit > error. The exact error starts with the following.. THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN > WEP IS ENABLED: > > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc00/0; last status 800b > > We then move on to : > > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. > > This seems to cycle until the next error: > > wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC > wi0: tx buffer allocation failed > wi0: mgmt. Buffer allocation failed > > Then back through the entire error sequence again. Eventually the box will > freeze as these errors cycle and then free up again when it starts back at > the timeout error. I was hopeful that the new wi driver in 5.1 would > address this problem as I know several persons with Prism chipsets that have > this very same issue on 5.0 and 5.1. > > Please respond directly as I am not on -current mailing list. I have seen the same ting, but only when three is an attempt to associate with an AP that has a different WEP key. It can happen with either 40 or 108 bit encryption. As a result, I now build my kernel without the wi driver and only load it when I need it. I don't know if Warner has seen this. Cross-post to FreeBSD lists is frowned upon, but I am tempted to send this to mobile. It's where these issues are most heavily discussed. I'm not sure if I ever saw this with V4.6 or 4.7. I have seen it on V5 since I moved to current late last year. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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