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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 2002 08:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   More hostap problems.
Message-ID:  <200208071531.g77FVpAC004784@medusa.kfu.com>

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I switched to a Linksys WMP11 for the external antenna. It improved
the signal strength in my humble abode, but now reliability has gone
way down.

I back up a couple machines overnight on the wireless segment, and in
the last couple of mornings, the hostap machine has been locking up
for 30 seconds at a time. dmesg says this:

wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc02/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc03/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0e/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc01/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc85/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc28/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc23/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc24/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status 800b
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0; last status 800b
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.

and any interaction with the card is doomed until reboot.

This is with -stable. The card looks like this:

wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xe5800000-0xe5800fff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:09:8b:ea
wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.09

Any ideas? I'd hate to have to put the Prism 2 card back in, since it has a
crappier antenna and I'd have no use for the new card.

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