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Date:      Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:06:50 +0100
From:      Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: My wi(4) ate itself (or Fun with no memory).
Message-ID:  <20021230220649.GA575@unixpages.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021230113644.A17112@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20021230113644.A17112@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:36:45AM -0800, Juli Mallett wrote:
> Hey,
>=20
> I ran some stuff overnight which exhausted my system's memory fairly well,
> and was also thrashing around on my network, and I woke up to find that my
> wi(4) blew up more or less:
>=20
> wi0: watchdog timeout
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x8000
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x8000
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: init failed
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
> Expensive timeout(9) function: 0xc02aefa0(0) 127.445894221
> wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 0/0; last status 4000
> wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 0/44; last status 4044
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: xmit failed
> Expensive timeout(9) function: 0xc02cfde0(0xc1a08ccc) 7.384429976
> wi0: watchdog timeout
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: init failed
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
> Expensive timeout(9) function: 0xc02aefa0(0) 135.098850348
> wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 0/0; last status 4000
> wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 0/44; last status 4044
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: xmit failed
>=20
> Was how it started, and then a lot more of the 'busy bit won't clear'
> messages.  I ejected the card after de-b0rking the rest of the system, and
> was able to bring it back up fine, but thought maybe someone might have s=
ome
> insight into how exactly my wi(4) blew up, and whether this is an accepta=
ble
> failure case :)
>=20
> Thanx,
> juli.
> --=20
> Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
> AIM: BSDFlata IRC: juli@EFnet#flata
> OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer.
> ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict.
> FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD.
>=20
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>=20
>=20

I get those messages when running dstumbler and then trying to do other stu=
ff
with the device.
The bad thing is, that the chip is integrated in my notebook so i can't sim=
ply
take it out and back in again :-)
Is there any other way to reinitialize the card?

- Christian

--=20
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