Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 15:23:44 +0200 From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> To: Gustau Perez <gperez@entel.upc.edu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem/freezes with if_bwi and firmware Message-ID: <3a142e750905300623i2aac1414u9396e07b278157bd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A07D68D.9090006@entel.upc.edu> References: <4A07D68D.9090006@entel.upc.edu>
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On 5/11/09, Gustau Perez <gperez@entel.upc.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using a Broadcom BCM4312 with i386 FreeBSD-8.0 updated May 08 > 2009. Ports up to date. Using net/bwi-firmware-kmod. Loading > first bwi_v3_ucode and then if_bwi. > > When starting the supplicant, it associates fine and it works for a > period of time. From time to time I start to lose signal, I'm my log I > can see the following message : > > May 11 08:42:51 gusiport kernel: bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, > patch level 0x000e > May 11 08:42:51 gusiport kernel: bwi0: bwi_intr: intr PHY TX > error > > Many of those messages per second. This is the first problem with > if_bwi. It forces me to restart by hand the wlan1 device associated to > bwi0. And here comes the freeze (the second problem I encountered). If I > try restarting like this : > > /etc/rc.d/netif stop wlan1 && /etc/rc.d/netif start wlan1 > > it works (until the PHY TX error appears againg). If I try like : > > /etc/rc.d/netif restart > > or if I try : > > /etc/rc.d/netif stop bwi0 > > the machine freezes. If i try to kldunload the module while in use > (if there's a wlan device created) the machine freezes too. It can be > unloaded only if there is not any wlan associated to the bwi device. Is this mini-pci card? (pciconf -lv) -- Paul
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