From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 9 13:03:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7710A16A403 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 13:03:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3FA43D46 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 13:03:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 16903 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2006 13:03:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.50.131.162]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 9 Apr 2006 13:03:45 -0000 Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:03:26 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: Brian Candler Message-ID: <20060409150326.4a257d38@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060408115100.GA66489@uk.tiscali.com> References: <20060408115100.GA66489@uk.tiscali.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_aq+./LqY529Z=MAzusduhiJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Prism wi support in 6.x - or alternative card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:03:47 -0000 --Sig_aq+./LqY529Z=MAzusduhiJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brian Candler wrote: > I Hvae an IBM Thinkpad X30 with a miniPCI wireless card: >=20 > wi0: mem 0xf8000000-0xf8000fff irq 11 at device > 2.0 on pci1 wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.9) > wi0: Ethernet address: 00:05:3c:09:7e:9d > wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps >=20 > I have found it to be flaky under FreeBSD 5.4. It's OK for occasional > use but when under heavy load, e.g. 'unison' syncing to another > machine, it locks up: >=20 > Mar 27 21:10:00 thinkdog kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x010b; event > status 0xa000 Mar 27 21:10:00 thinkdog kernel: wi0: xmit failed > Mar 27 21:10:04 thinkdog kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0021; event > status 0xa000 Mar 27 21:10:09 thinkdog kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit > won't clear. >=20 > At this point the only solution is to unload and reload the if_wi > module. >=20 > So my questions are: >=20 > 1. Is support for this hardware significantly improved in 6.X? I don't think so. I have a wi card which worked fine in 5.4, but shows the symptoms above on 6.x. =20 > 2. If I were to buy another miniPCI card to replace it, what's the > current recommendation? Something which works with ath. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_aq+./LqY529Z=MAzusduhiJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEOQYwjV8GA4rMKUQRAgZqAJ434c8b5ds+Kdu/1wUMuSHQMDgQmACeJLVF jVHU1+6rhyeWEKbMJCZIxxg= =2BMU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_aq+./LqY529Z=MAzusduhiJ--