Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 00:58:00 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: frequent freeze on 6.0-STABLE at startup when loading iwi firmware Message-ID: <20060202005800.D95993@xorpc.icir.org>
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yesterday upgraded my laptop (Dell X1 with iwi wireless card) running 6.0 to a fresh version of stable and the newest iwi-firmware, and since then it frequently hangs at boot time right after loading the iwi firmware - in fact, it booted ok only 2 times out of the last 10. The last msg i see on the console is Starting iwi [iwi0:bss] and then i have to reset the machine. With the previous firmware it never hung, but i don;t know if it is the microcode or the loading mechanism that has changed. The workaround i have found is to disable iwi in /etc/rc.conf and then start it later, manually. Obviously, this is suboptimal. I am not sure what to look at, a race somewhere that could be fixed adding some 'sleep' before or after loading the microcode ? something else ? if that matters, there is an access point active where i boot, and the config command tell the card the parameters to associate with it. cheers luigi
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