iwi0 firmware error on Dell Inspiron 6000 w/ Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG

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On 25/10/2007, Guy Helmer <ghelmer at palisadesys.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded a laptop to FreeBSD RELENG_7 checked out on 20071016.
> Previously, iwi0 had worked OK under FreeBSD 6.2.  After updating to 7,
> though, iwi0 reports "firmware error" and nothing more happens.  I have
> set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.  wpa_supplicant
> and dhclient are running with the same configurations that worked under
> FreeBSD 6.  I'm using the GENERIC kernel with SCHED_ULE instead of
> SCHED_4BSD, and the loaded modules are:
>
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1   23 0xc0400000 8d0750   kernel
>  2    1 0xc0cd1000 111b8    geom_eli.ko
>  3    2 0xc0ce3000 25ff8    crypto.ko
>  4    2 0xc0d09000 ab40     zlib.ko
>  5    1 0xc0d14000 6e48     snd_ich.ko
>  6    2 0xc0d1b000 4a52c    sound.ko
>  7    1 0xc0d66000 69164    acpi.ko
> 10    1 0xc32fb000 22000    linux.ko
> 11    1 0xc3595000 21000    radeon.ko
> 12    1 0xc35b6000 f000     drm.ko
> 13    1 0xc31ff000 f000     if_iwi.ko
> 14    1 0xc3e4f000 30000    iwi_bss.ko
>
> ifconfig iwi0 reports:
>
> iwi0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         ether 00:12:f0:12:1c:24
>         inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
>         status: no carrier
>         ssid "" channel 8 (2447 Mhz 11g)
>         authmode WPA1+WPA2/802.11i privacy ON deftxkey 1 txpowmax 100
>         bmiss 10 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
>         roam:rssi11g 14 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 100
>
> I've tried setting debug.iwi=1, and the kernel messages regarding iwi0 are:
>
> Oct 25 08:09:11 aquarius kernel: iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xdfcfd000-0xdfcfdfff irq 17 at device 3.0 on pci3
> Oct 25 08:09:11 aquarius kernel: iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:12:f0:12:1c:24
> Oct 25 08:09:11 aquarius kernel: iwi0: [ITHREAD]
> Oct 25 08:09:14 aquarius kernel: iwi0: firmware error
> Oct 25 08:10:17 aquarius kernel: iwi_newstate: SCAN -> INIT flags 0x0
> Oct 25 08:10:31 aquarius kernel: iwi_newstate: INIT -> INIT flags 0x0
> Oct 25 08:10:31 aquarius kernel: iwi_newstate: INIT -> SCAN flags 0x1
> Oct 25 08:10:57 aquarius kernel: iwi_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN flags 0x1
> Oct 25 08:10:57 aquarius kernel: iwi_newstate: SCAN -> SCAN flags 0x1
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Guy
>
> --
> Guy Helmer, Ph.D.
> Chief System Architect
> Palisade Systems, Inc.

Me too.
(It works in authmode OPEN though, see my case on
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-August/076397.html)

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