From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Feb 21 12:31:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2279F37B401; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:31:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D4743FB1; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mJpm-000Fjh-00; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:50 +0200 Received: from prometheus-p0.datel.laserfence.net ([192.168.255.1] helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mJpU-000FjS-00; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:33 +0200 Received: from phoenix.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.2]) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18mJpQ-000B7N-00; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:28 +0200 Received: from will by phoenix.home.laserfence.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18mJpP-0002oT-00; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:27 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen To: Wilko Bulte Subject: Re: Compaq WL200 wireless card trouble Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:31:27 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030221212435.A6642@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030221212435.A6642@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302212231.27098.will@unfoldings.net> X-Spam-Score: (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18mJpU-000FjS-00*qR4yI5LiUfM* X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020422 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I might be completely off the mark, but are you running a 4.6-STABLE or a 4.7-STABLE? This, as far as I can remember, was a bug which was fixed shortly after 4.7-STABLE was branched. Will On Friday 21 February 2003 22:24, Wilko Bulte wrote: > I hope someone can shed some light on the following: > > I have an Abit BP6 running -stable, equipped with a Compaq WL200 > wireless card. This is a PCI card with a PCMCIA-PCI bridge and a PRISM2 > chipset. As in: > > pcic0: port 0xcc00-0xcc03 > irq 11 at device 15.0 on pci0 > pcic0: Polling mode > pccard0: on pcic0 > pccard1: on pcic0 > ... > wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0 > wi0: 802.11 address: 00:50:8b:d0:6a:ba > wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163-SST-flash > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 0.03.00, Station 1.03.04 > > The problem I see is: > wi0: watchdog timeout > wi0: watchdog timeout > wi0: watchdog timeout > wi0: watchdog timeout > > I've also seen: > > Feb 21 02:31:52 smp /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 144/3c; last > status 403c > > Tried moving the card around into other PCI slots but that did not help. > > One can get it to associate: > > wi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.5.9 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 255.255.255.0 > ether 00:50:8b:d0:6a:ba > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect > status: associated > ssid wbw 1:"" > stationname "FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node" > channel 3 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 > > The card (urkk....) works ok with Win98 so the hardware is basically OK > I would think. > > Questions: > - any idea why these watchdog timeouts occur? > - is the firmware the WL200 currently runs a sensible one for PRISM2? > (it has 0.8.0 which is not OK for host ap mode which is the ultimate > goal here) > > tnx > Wilko -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message