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Date:      Mon, 5 Sep 2011 08:24:02 +0200
From:      Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
Cc:        Weongyo Jeong <weongyo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BETA2 panic
Message-ID:  <20110905062402.GL52426@goofy03.vnode.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wRjmK8Y_ONsP0f=THfdwJSBks8u4msowsie9O6Z3TckKg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04-09-2011 14:45, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> wrote:
> > On 04-09-2011 10:56, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I upgraded my laptop from BETA1 to rev. 225367 today, and now my
> >> > laptop panics just a few minutes after booting. This is 100%
> >> > reproducible, it panics every time.
> >> >
> >> > I've got a pic with the backtrace here: http://www.vnode.se/sc/panic_20110904.jpg
> >>
> >>     Is your wireless turned off? If so, it looks like the state
> >> transition code isn't being handled properly between bwn(4) and
> >> net80211(4), in particular because your wireless card was still in
> >> 'scan' mode.
> >
> > No, it's always on.  I can ping over the wireless for a few minutes, until
> > it panics.
> 
>    Hmm.. and the wireless card always appears on? Assuming the
> firmware isn't buggy (did you update it recently? have you booted
> other OSes, i.e. Windows or Linux that could be updating the firmware
> automatically on load?), it should keep the light for the wireless NIC
> properly lit.

Sure, it always appears on. This laptop has been running freebsd exclusively
for at least a year.  FWIW, the same "RF switch is changed on/off" message
from bwn has always been there on this machine.  I also noticed them on my
old laptop, an HP 6715b.

-- 
Joel



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