Status of wi(4)

Soren Schmidt sos at spider.deepcore.dk
Mon Dec 8 09:48:33 PST 2003


It seems Sam Leffler wrote:
> > wi0: <NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11
> > function 0 config 1 on pccard0
> > wi0: 801.11 address: 00:30:ab:11:69:a5
> > wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A
> > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
> > wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> > wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x0008
> > wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0008
> > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> > wi0: init failed
> > wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC
> > wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12)
> > wi0: interface not running
> 
> My MA401 w/ later station firmware (1.3.4) works fine.  The previous wi 
> problems were with Lucent cards and appear to have been resolved.

No! lucents even with the newest firmware 8.x.x still doesn't work in 
either adhoc mode. I can get it to contact an AP but thats all..

-Søren
                       .. but it works under windows!!


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