From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 10 03:50:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB3A106566C for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B20E8FC13 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n5A3o2JO063459 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5A3o2Gv063458; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200906100350.n5A3o2Gv063458@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Joshua Piccari Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0810D106564A for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA3BE8FC1C for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:43:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n5A3h9t8018156 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:43:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5A3h9uQ018155; Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:43:09 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200906100343.n5A3h9uQ018155@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:43:09 GMT From: Joshua Piccari To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/135427: System freezes when loading Atheros driver. X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:50:02 -0000 >Number: 135427 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: System freezes when loading Atheros driver. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 10 03:50:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joshua Piccari >Release: 7.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD charlie.bblocked.org 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jun 9 19:51:56 PDT 2009 root@charlie.bblocked.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/kern01 i386 >Description: After installing a D-Link DWL-G520 (Atheros 5212 chipset) on FreeBSD-7.2 my computer would hang during the boot process just after probing the new wireless card. I then removed the card and compiled a custom kernel without the ath driver, rebooted, and attempted to load the driver module with kldload if_ath. This produced the same result as having the driver built into the kernel. Here is a log of the error: Tue Jun 9 20:18:02 PDT 2009 FreeBSD/i386 (charlie.bblocked.org) (ttyv0) login: root password: Jun 9 20:18:07charlie login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0 Last login: Tue Jun 9 20:00:00 on ttyv0 Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE (kern01) #0: Tue Jun 9 19:51:56 PDT 2009 [root@charlie ~]# kldload if_ath ath0: mem 0xf8100000-0xf810ffff irq 20 at device 0.0 on pci5 ath0: [ITHREAD] -------8<------- After this the system becomes unresponsive to all user input. The system runs fine until an attempt to load the ath driver is made. The card works fine in another computer running FreeBSD 7.1. >How-To-Repeat: Load if_ath.ko with an Atheros 5212 card installed, while using a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: