8.0 regression: consecutive panics (iwi / wlan / zfs ?)

[David Wolfskill]

On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 04:13:36PM +0100, martinko wrote:
> ...
> 
> I have used versions 5.3 to 6.4 on this laptop, the last one being the 
> most stable and smooth.  A few weeks ago I moved to 8.0 (fresh install) 
> and since then I've been experiencing funny issues.
> 
> Last night I was writing an email when I noticed my wi-fi link was gone. 
>  I checked /var/log/messages and saw the following:
> 
> wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
> wlan0: link state changed to UP
> wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
> wlan0: link state changed to UP
> wlan0: link state changed to DOWN
> wlan0: link state changed to UP
> ...

While I do not currently use ZFS, the wireless NIC I have been using
most often for the last several months has been iwi0 on my laptop, on
which I track stable/6, stable/7, stable/8, and head on a daily basis.

While I have seen the interface bounce dwn & up repeatedly, and it
refuses to communicate with an Apple Airport AP (while working with
a Linksys WAP11) under head (but the Airport is OK for stable/6 and
stable/7; not sure about stable/8), it has been (at least) several
weeks since my last panic, so I am inclined to suggest that iwi(4)
and wlan(4) are unlikely to be involved in the root cause of the
panic.

Peace,
david
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