Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:48 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl> Cc: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0-RELEASE && panic after ~4 hours Message-ID: <47EAAEB8.6000204@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <47EA94AD.5010400@student.utwente.nl> References: <20080326124324.GA1756@rebelion.Sisis.de> <47EA53D5.4070106@student.utwente.nl> <47EA73D9.6050302@freebsd.org> <47EA8949.9070700@student.utwente.nl> <47EA8E43.1080308@freebsd.org> <47EA94AD.5010400@student.utwente.nl>
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Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote:
> Sam Leffler wrote:
>
>> You said there were panics; please point me at PR's that show them
>
> See below.
>
>> Understand that most all Intel wireless cards up to the 4965 have issues
>> with firmware mis-design that make developing reliable drivers hard
>> (even
>> more so given Intel's unwillingness in helping anyone not using linux).
>
> I'm aware of that. Therefore, it wasn't my intent to criticise, merely to
> observe.
>
>>> rum: Works but panics after a while. PR has been filed, but seems to
>>> be stuck at feedback status (anyone know more about this one?).
>
>> PR #? Unfortunately my rum card seems to have vanished. The
>> committer looking after rum has been occupied which may explain the
>> inaction.
>
> kern/120966
>
> The PR was sent by somebody else, but I have the same problem and I can
> reproduce it, so if any additional info is needed I'd be more than happy
> to provide it.
Looks like the driver isn't clearing pending xfer's properly.
Unfortunately this is a good example of how there's insufficient info to
make progress; the output of wpa_supplicant -d and/or wlandebug
state+scan would help a lot (the latter more than the former).
Unfortunately I can't do much until I locate my stick. Hopefully Kevin
will re-appear and look at the issue.
Sam
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