Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:04:47 GMT From: Victor Balada Diaz <victor@bsdes.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/172706: wpi0 fails to load firmware when using country Message-ID: <201210150804.q9F84lmS030342@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201210150810.q9F8A1lG088943@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 172706 >Category: kern >Synopsis: wpi0 fails to load firmware when using country >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 15 08:10:01 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Victor Balada Diaz >Release: >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD patata.example.net 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 02:52:29 UTC 2012 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: When configuring a wpi interface like: wlans_wpi0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP ssid testwifi country ES" Fails to load firmware with the following error: wpi0: fatal firmware error More info (including card pci id, etc) on this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-October/069949.html A workaround is configuring the card without "country ES". Works as expected, just with US channels. >How-To-Repeat: Get a WPI card and add the following config to /etc/rc.conf: wlans_wpi0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP ssid testwifi country ES" Check dmesg and search for: wpi0: fatal firmware error >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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