From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 10:34:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B30937B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:34:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parmenides.zen.co.uk (parmenides.zen.co.uk [212.23.8.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 38EB343FBF for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:34:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rob@robhulme.com) Received: (qmail 19553 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2003 17:34:51 -0000 Received: from protagoras.zen.co.uk (212.23.8.61) by parmenides.zen.co.uk with QMQP; 23 Jun 2003 17:34:51 -0000 Received: from dsl-217-155-17-94.zen.co.uk (HELO hal9000) (217.155.17.94) by protagoras.zen.co.uk with SMTP; 23 Jun 2003 17:34:50 -0000 X-Zen-Trace: 217.155.17.94 From: "Robert Hulme" To: "'Eirik Oeverby'" , Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:34:46 +0100 Message-ID: <001e01c339ad$bd55fb40$0b07a8c0@hal9000> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 11.0.4920 In-Reply-To: <20030623184143.14331d23.ltning@anduin.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Problem with wi in CURRENT (and 5.1) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:34:54 -0000 Thanks for the support :-D Pulling the card out, reinserting it and doing ifconfig sadly doesn't help me :( > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Eirik Oeverby > Sent: 23 June 2003 17:42 > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Cc: rob@robhulme.com > > Hi, > > this is exactly the problem I have with my wi-driven card > aswell. I have a pretty standard Lucent card (Orinoco Silver, > 64bit), PCMCIA, in my ThinkPad T21 (see another thread > specifically about that machine and its issues with 5.1). It > will work for a while, then start spitting out error messages like > > wi0: bad alloc 55c != 2a2, cur 0 nxt 0 > wi0: device timeout > wi0: bad alloc 573 != 2a2, cur 0 nxt 0 > wi0: device timeout > > and > > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc02/0 > wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc03/0 > > and ofcourse the messages you describe. Pulling the card out > and re-inserting it, then ifconfig, brings it back to life > for a few minutes or as much as half an hour or so. > At first I thought it was a signal level problem, but it's > not. I also thought it's an encryption problem, but that's > not it either. So I'm really confused - it worked perfectly > for weeks on end with 4.8, and now in 5.1/CURRENT it screws > me over like this. > Firmware is at the latest level. > > Just my two cents to confirm your story ;) > > /Eirik > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:26:11 -0700 > "David O'Brien" wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:48:13AM +0100, Robert Hulme wrote: > > > I'm having some problems with wi in 5-CURRENT and 5.1 in general. > > > I'm using a Proxim Skyline 802.11b PC Card (which I > believe uses the > > > Prism 2 chipset). The PC Card is using the 0.3.0 primary > and 0.8.3 > > > secondary firmware (which I believe is the latest). I have a Dell > > > Inspiron 8200. > > > > > > The card works fine in Windows XP and FreeBSD 5.0, but in > 5.1 if I > > > use ifconfig to bring up the card (for example during > boot) it locks > > > my laptop up for about a minute while I get loads of > error messages > > > appear on screen. Eventually I get a 'init failed' and 'tx buffer > > > allocation failed (error 12)' error, and although > ifconfig says the > > > interface is up it doesn't actually work. > > > > See if there isn't updated firmware for your card. Rumor > has it the > > MS-Windows driver uploads the latest firmware version into > the RAM on > > the card. > > > > For Lucent cards you want any versoin 8 firmware from > > > http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/proxim02/showFaq.cgi?session_id > > =1055265419.6837.7&type=&product=Client_Product > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >