From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Dec 4 12:57:39 2002 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 3B75E37B401 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:57:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5ACE43E9C for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:57:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP id MUA74016 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 12:57:36 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 69AF75D04 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:57:36 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Annoying hangs with mini-PCI 802.11b card on stable Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 12:57:36 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20021204205736.69AF75D04@ptavv.es.net> 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 have suddenly developed a problem with the wireless mini-PCI card in my IBM T30. When in my Berkeley office, but not at other locations, my wireless card takes over the system even though it is not in use. There is probably some wireless AP in the area, but I am not associating with it. I am using on the Intel 10/100 mini-PCI wired interface. I get a long series of messages starting with: wi0: watchdog timeout wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. which repeats a few times and is followed by wi0: init failed wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fcxx/0; last status 800b which repeats several times with various values for the 'xx'. I also get he occasional: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC wi0: tx buffer allocation failed OR wi0:mgmt. buffer allocation failed I'd love to simply fix the problem, but that looks unlikely at the moment. The next option is to simply be able to disable the card when I am not using it. (I'd like to do this for power savings, as well.) Is there any way to turn this off with stable? I can turn it off in Windows, so I know that hardware can do it. Thanks, R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message