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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:56:27 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wi0 problems under latest STABLE
Message-ID:  <20020311105627.A9391@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020311182959.9E2863F0E@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:29:58PM -0500
References:  <20020307051444.EBC203F0E@bast.unixathome.org>; <20020306212733.A26094@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20020311182959.9E2863F0E@bast.unixathome.org>

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:29:58PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> I have tried this:
>=20
> #define WI_DELAY        100
> #define WI_TIMEOUT      (1000000/WI_DELAY)
>=20
> I am using a desktop and a laptop, each with wireless cards.  The desktop=
=20
> acts a DHCP server and gateway for the laptop.
>=20
> Both machines get the "wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 11; event status 8000"=20
> message.  Both have the above settings compiled into the kernel.
>=20
> Is there a way I can confirm those settings or adjust them at run time?

At this point there isn't.  I I'm going to have to rethink handling this
problem.  It appears that WI_TIMEOUT is actually too long (it hangs the
machine for WI_TIMEOUT*WI_DELAY if the command doesn't return).
Additionaly, it appears that some cards are just broken and we need to
find a way to deal with them.

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