From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 17 11:30:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 296E91065672 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:07 +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 E1C0F8FC12 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0HBU6KL076078 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0HBU6KP076073; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:06 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201001171130.o0HBU6KP076073@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Craig Butler Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7460E1065679 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:27:37 +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 63ECE8FC13 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:27:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0HBRbs2089085 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:27:37 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0HBRbHD089084; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:27:37 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201001171127.o0HBRbHD089084@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:27:37 GMT From: Craig Butler To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: kern/142907: if_wpi unstable on ibm/lenovo x60 -- suspect firmware issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:30:07 -0000 >Number: 142907 >Category: kern >Synopsis: if_wpi unstable on ibm/lenovo x60 -- suspect firmware issue >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jan 17 11:30:06 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Craig Butler >Release: 8.0-RELEASE-p1 >Organization: lerwick.hopto.org >Environment: FreeBSD x60.lerwick.hopto.org 8.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1 #0: Tue Dec 22 00:05:16 GMT 2009 root@x60.lerwick.hopto.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_WITH_RADIX i386 >Description: I have experienced a lot of issues with the old wpi firmware as included in the src tree, connectivity lost fairly quickly in a WPA2 environment. I found that I had to keep restarting /etc/rc.d/netif even sometimes even reloading if_wpi to get connectivity restored. >How-To-Repeat: Connect to a WPA2(or maybe even WEP) wifi. It works for a bit but then it will drop the connection silently, unable to ping out to the gateway or get connectivity to the network >Fix: Firmware upgrade; I have found the following firmware to be a lot more stable... lifted from the intel site and uuencoded, appropriate parts of /usr/src updated. Still not 100% but a lot better, a lot less drop outs. As patch is bigger than 100KB I have uploaded it to my web server; http://lerwick.hopto.org/wpi.patch >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: