Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:17:07 +0200 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>, Niclas Zeising <niclas.zeising@gmail.com> Subject: Re: iwn panic with 9.0-BETA3-amd64 Message-ID: <201110131017.07154.bschmidt@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4E8F0A47.1010408@gmail.com> References: <4E8ED3C8.1020108@freebsd.org> <4E8F0A47.1010408@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Friday 07 October 2011 16:18:47 Niclas Zeising wrote: > This might or might not be related, but, I'm having trouble with the iwn > firmware crashing. I also have a clang built kernel (and userland) > buildwith CPUTYPE=core2. My iwn device is > iwn0: <Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965> mem 0xe4000000-0xe4001fff irq > 17 at device 0.0 on pci16 > and the firmware gives the following output when it dies. > iwn0: iwn_intr: fatal firmware error > firmware error log: > error type = "NMI_INTERRUPT_WDG" (0x00000004) > program counter = 0x0000046C > source line = 0x000000D0 This is a known issue with the 4965's firmware. I have yet to find a reliable solution for that.. As a workaround you can disable background scan with ifconfig wlan0 -bgscan > The only way to restore the firmware is to reboot the computer. No need to reboot, killing the VAP and recreating it should get you going again. -- Bernhard
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201110131017.07154.bschmidt>