From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 20:14:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7D7106564A for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546778FC22 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id m2QKEmKJ060424 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <47EAAEB8.6000204@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:14:48 -0700 From: Sam Leffler Organization: FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" 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> In-Reply-To: <47EA94AD.5010400@student.utwente.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC--Metrics: ebb.errno.com; whitelist Cc: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0-RELEASE && panic after ~4 hours X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:49 -0000 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