Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:29:48 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wpi fatal firmware error with country de Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=5ePC7YFFN8oKwswDPXL1Q4JU3DjYbYqGdHwmC00k_Nw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <521100E2.2090405@bsdforen.de> References: <521100E2.2090405@bsdforen.de>
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... hm, but if you do destroy, then re-create manually, does it work? (Versus using service) -adrian On 18 August 2013 10:14, Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> wrote: > My system was built yesterday. I just figured I'm not using the entire > frequency range available in Europe. This is a potential problem when > AP frequencies are not under my control. > > FreeBSD mobileKamikaze.norad 9.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.2-PRERELEASE #0 > r254418: Fri Aug 16 22:15:55 CEST 2013 root@mobileKamikaze.norad:/usr/obj/HP6510b-91/amd64/usr/src/sys/HP6510b-91 > amd64 > > Setting the country works. > # ifconfig wlan0 country de > > But it blows up when trying to bring up the interface: > # ifconfig wlan0 up > > kernel messages: > wpi0: need multicast update callback > kernel: wpi0: fatal firmware error > > The wireless LED stays dark. > > To reactivate the wireless interface I have to call > # ifconfig wlan0 destroy > # service netif restart wpi0 > > I can bring the interface up again without problems. > > -- > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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