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Subject: Re: iwi: firmware error
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Uwe Laverenz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've installed RELENG_6 on a Thinkpad R51 and would like to use the
> built-in wireless card with wpa_supplicant. Everything works as expected
> but there is one problem I can't solve on my own: the iwi-driver
> complains about problems with the firmware, especially when there is
> wireless traffic:
> 
>     iwi0: firmware error
> 
> The device goes down immediately and sometimes comes up again after a
> while. The system runs RELENG_6 as of last sunday, the firmware is 3.0
> from /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod.
> 
> I have a similar setup on a T41 with ath0 which runs quite well.
> 
> My questions:
> 
> - Is this a known problem with iwi?
> 
> - What can I do to debug and/or solve this problem?
> 
> - Should I file a PR?

If your card is reset+usable after the error then this is a known
problem.  If you find things unusable then please collect some debug
msgs from the driver by setting debug.iwi to 1 and file a PR.

	Sam