Date: 19 Sep 2005 17:15:14 +0200 From: Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi lockup problem on 6.0-BETA4 Message-ID: <86wtld6qd9.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> In-Reply-To: <20050918114803.3fceca23.lists@yazzy.org> References: <86ek7mssz0.fsf@borg.borderworlds.dk> <20050918114803.3fceca23.lists@yazzy.org>
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Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> writes: > This happened to me as well. > After update from a couple of days back (6.0-BETA4) it seems to be working fine. > And it does not constantly disconnect from my AP as it used to before. > Trying to make it connect back made my laptop reboot. Now I can even reconnect changing SSID's or after I lost contact with the AP. > Give it a try and let me know. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to make any difference. > On 18 Sep 2005 10:03:31 +0200 > Christian Laursen <xi@borderworlds.dk> wrote: > > > I am having a problem using the iwi driver on my laptop. > > > > Basically I would normally setup the network with this command: > > ifconfig iwi0 inet 10.2.0.3 netmask 255.255.0.0 ssid borderworlds mode 11g channel 3 > > > > but that makes the laptop freeze and a hard reset is the only way to > > get it back to life. > > > > By experimenting a little I found that this sequence of commands works: > > > > ifconfig iwi0 inet 10.2.0.3 netmask 255.255.0.0 > > sleep 5 > > ifconfig iwi0 ssid borderworlds > > sleep 5 > > ifconfig iwi0 mode 11g > > sleep 5 > > ifconfig iwi0 channel 3 > > > > I tried sleep 1 at first but that made the laptop freeze after setting > > mode 11g. > > > > By enabling the software watchdog I can make it panic instead of > > freezing, but the backtrace I get from the dump looks useless (at least > > to me). > > > > The dmesg is at http://borderworlds.dk/~xi/andorian.dmesg > > The trace is at http://borderworlds.dk/~xi/andorian.trace > > > > I am not sure how to further debug this so any help would be > > appreciated. > > > > I will try the latest RELENG_6 next and see if it makes any difference. -- Christian Laursen
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