Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 20:02:55 +0200 From: "Damien Bergamini" <damien.bergamini@free.fr> To: "Ted Faber" <faber@isi.edu>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Cc: damien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi fatal error on Dell Inspiron 6000 (debug info attached) Message-ID: <017301c5571c$de783d90$0300a8c0@COMETE> References: <20050512173652.GB1858@pun.isi.edu>
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for 2915ABG adapters, you need to run: % ifconfig iwi0 mode 11g before setting an IP address. the firmware crashes when scanning in the 5GHz band (802.11a). i'm working on a fix. Damien | Hi. | | I'm getting a new Dell Inspiron 6000 (BIOS version A05) up and | configured and I've run into a problem under -CURRENT. I'm running | -CURRENT as of 13 May 05 with the iwi driver compiled in: | | FreeBSD lap.isi.edu 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Thu May 12 08:59:58 PDT 2005 root@lap.isi.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LAP i386 | | and the iwicontol tool from http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ version | iwi-freebsd-1.4.2. | | I type this: | | lap:~$ sudo sysctl net.wlan.debug=-1 | Password: | net.wlan.debug: 0 -> -1 | lap:~$ sudo sysctl net.wlan.0.debug=-1 | net.wlan.0.debug: 0 -> -1 | lap:~$ sudo iwicontrol -i iwi0 -d /usr/local/libdata/if_iwi -m bss | lap:~$ sudo iwicontrol -i iwi0 -r | Radio is ON | lap:~$ sudo ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid ISI-GUEST wepkey `cat /usr/local/etc/wepkey` weptxkey 1 wepmode on | | And get the following on the console (in the logs): | | ieee80211_crypto_setkey: WEP keyix 0 flags 0x3 mac 00:12:f0:49:06:96 rsc 0 tsc 0 len 13 | begin active scan in auto mode, scangen 2 | ieee80211_reset_scan: scan set: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165 start chan 255 | ieee80211_free_allnodes_locked: free all nodes in scan table | node_reclaim: remove 0xc1fad800<00:12:f0:49:06:96> from scan table, refcnt 1 | ieee80211_next_scan: chan 255->1 | iwi0: fatal error | | Needless to say the wireless doesn't connect. Any ideas what's wrong? | I'm happy to help debug... | | Attached are the dmesg from a boot -v and kernel config. | | -- | Ted Faber | http://www.isi.edu/~faber PGP: http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc | Unexpected attachment on this mail? See http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG |
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