From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Aug 10 19:58:48 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 63F6737B400 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from quack.kfu.com (adsl-67-113-12-90.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [67.113.12.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A487F43E65 for ; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nsayer@quack.kfu.com) Received: from morpheus.kfu.com (morpheus.kfu.com [IPv6:3ffe:1200:301b:1:2d0:b7ff:fe3f:bdd0]) by quack.kfu.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7B2whwF091834 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nsayer@quack.kfu.com) Received: from quack.kfu.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by morpheus.kfu.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7B2wbGw044426; Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:58:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nsayer@quack.kfu.com) Message-ID: <3D55D2DD.8070605@quack.kfu.com> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:58:37 -0700 From: Nick Sayer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/20020727 X-Accept-Language: en, en-US, en-GB MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tony Saign Cc: "'Chris Konger'" , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wep and wi_seek errors References: <000501c240cb$2a4ea0d0$1401a8c0@frankenmobl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 too can confirm that this happens with Linksys (prism2.5) cards. It did not happen with RELENG_4_6, but it is happening with RELENG_4. So I think it's related to the MFC that happened about a week ago. Tony Saign wrote: > Unlikely that it is a firmware issue, since I have seen the same > errors on several different cards (including prism2 & Symbol cards). > > Never been able to get rid of it, I just don't transfer big files. > Frustrating though since it can potentially require a forced reboot. > > -Tony > > > }-----Original Message----- > }From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > }[mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Chris Konger > }Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 15:00 > }To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > }Cc: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu; imp@FreeBSD.ORG; nvalster@agere.com > }Subject: wep and wi_seek errors > } > } > }One of the machines noted below was upgraded to 4.6-Rel and I saw > }the same wi errs/lockups during bulk transfers. This time I tried > }disabling WEP between two hosts and all worked perfectly. Yeah, I > }know that's probably the first thing I should've tried! I Xferred > }several hundred megs with impunity. It seems the card bridges can > }now be excluded as causative - it sounds like an ORiNOCO firmware > }issue rather than driver but I may be wrong. At least now I know > }a workaround. Woo hoo! :) > } > }Chris > } > }-------- Original Message -------- > }Subject: wi_seek errors > }Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 15:13:17 -0700 > }From: Chris Konger > }CC: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > }References: <3D1894E7.389767B7@konger.net> > }<20020630205917.GA63953@genius.tao.org.uk> > } > }When doing bulk transfers (40-80 MB+) I see wi_seek errors on two > }4.5-Rel boxen with differing motherboard/chipsets and card bridges: > } > } ASUS CUWE-RM 500MHz, ORiNOCO PCI-Cardbus Bridge (TI PCI-1410) > } EM Florida-TG 433MHz, ORiNOCO ISA-Cardbus Bridge (Vadem 469) > } > }Eventually the interface fails. I see numerous postings of others > }seeing the same errors. Has anyone pinned down the problem? All of > }my ORiNOCO Gold cards are running the latest 8.10 firmware (one > }person said upgrading to 8.10 fixed their system, perhaps I should > }trying retroing to earlier 7.52 or 7.28 images? *impish grin*) > } > }I also tried testing the wi drivers from -Stable but still see the > }same errs. I've test pcic polling, explicit interrupts, etc, with > }no success. I've attached condensed logs from one box showing the > }results from all these runs, but the general pattern is ... > } > } everything initializes properly > } all is well (for hours/days/months) until you try a prolonged > } xfer 40-80+ MB (e.g., backup of PC to server via Samba) > } wi0:timeout in wi_seek to NNNN/NN; last status NNNN > } [repeat a number of times] > } wi0:xmit failed > } [other nastygrams] > } > }After that point the only way to get things working again is to > }down/up the interface. I don't know how to interpret the NNNN/NN's > }and so am stuck until more knowledgeable people provide assistance. > } > }Thanks for any suggestions/feedback you can provide! > } > }Chris Konger > } > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message