Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:00:12 +0100 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <akirchhoff135014@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi problems on -CURRENT (Apr 6. 2010) Message-ID: <0AF2E79D-20C9-4815-A3AE-A10C17BD0464@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4BBB3899.4040308@comcast.net> References: <4BBB3899.4040308@comcast.net>
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On 6 Apr 2010, at 14:35, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > I'm having some problems with iwi on -CURRENT. >=20 > FreeBSD scroll.ashke.com 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr = 3 > EDT 2010root@scroll.ashke.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCROLL i386 >=20 > Though this also happens with GENERIC. >=20 > In loader.conf I have: >=20 > if_iwi_load=3D"YES" > iwi_bss_load=3D"YES" > legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=3D1 >=20 > In /etc/rc.conf I have: >=20 > wlans_iwi0=3D"wlan0" > ifconfig_wlan0=3D"DHCP wpa" >=20 > Upon bootup, iwi fails to work with: >=20 > iwi0:<Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> at device 3.0 on pci3 > iwi0: [ITHREAD] > iwi0: parity error > iwi0: timeout waiting for iwi_bss firmware initialization to complete > iwi0: could not load boot firmware iwi_bss > iwi0: timeout waiting for master >=20 > According to the iwi man page, "could not load boot firmware" "should > not happen":-) >=20 > Any thoughts on how to get this working? For what it's worth, I > installed FreeBSD on this machine earlier this week, immediately > upgraded to -CURRENT (previous installations from the 8-STABLE series > on this laptop refused to let any wireless driver connect to the APs = at > work, so I specifically wanted to see if this had been fixed in > -CURRENT), and iwi worked fine for a few days. Then it stopped, = though > I did not change anything on the system. I updated -CURRENT today to > see if doing so would get iwi working again, but it did not. If it was working fine and you didn't touch anything it can be a = hardware fault. Can you boot other OS to check? Regards, -- Rui Paulo
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