Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:00:01 GMT From: hiren panchasara <hiren@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/176104: [iwn] iwn0: iwn_intr: fatal firmware error Message-ID: <201306251600.r5PG010l000459@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/176104; it has been noted by GNATS. From: hiren panchasara <hiren@FreeBSD.org> To: mexas <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/176104: [iwn] iwn0: iwn_intr: fatal firmware error Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:52:43 -0700 On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > From hiren.panchasara@gmail.com Mon Jun 24 19:31:55 2013 > > Assuming you have 4965 chipset, > > yes, I do: > > iwn0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x11108086 chip=0x42308086 rev=0x61 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection' > class = network > > iwn0: <Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965> mem 0xdf2fe000-0xdf2fffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 > > and I have: > > device iwn # Intel 4965/1000/5000/6000 wireless NICs. > device iwn4965fw > > in the kernel config. > > this seems to be some weird firmware > error. I see many users (including linux) reporting similar issues but > could not find any definitive solution. > > At most you can try getting the latest firmware for your chipset and try it out. > Probably from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlegacy > > # cat /usr/src/sys/modules/iwnfw/iwn4965/Makefile > # $FreeBSD: head/sys/modules/iwnfw/iwn4965/Makefile 201209 2009-12-29 19:47:34Z rpaulo $ > > KMOD= iwn4965fw > IMG= iwlwifi-4965-228.61.2.24 > > .include <bsd.kmod.mk> > # > > According to your link, this is the latest version. > However, there is a question mark (?) against it. > I don't know what it means, perhaps that they are > not sure if it works correctly. > I wonder if an earlier version should be used instead? Yeah, no harm in trying. :-) cheers, Hiren > > Thanks > > Anton > >
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