Status of wi(4)

Erwin Lansing erwin at FreeBSD.org
Mon Dec 8 12:07:18 PST 2003


On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:36:02PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20031208162637.GB70065 at droso.net>
>             Erwin Lansing <erwin at freebsd.org> writes:
> : Some time ago, I've seen some traffic about problems with wi(4). I've
> : been on holiday for most of November, just to find my fine working
> : Netgear MA401 no longer functional on 5.2-RC. AFAIKS initialization
> : fails (see below). Are there still known oustanding issues with wi ?
> ...
> : wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
> 
> This is very old firmware...

The card isn't the newest around anymore, but I can't seem to find any
firmware upgrades for it.
> 
> : wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x0008
> 
> Disable the card failed.
> 
> : wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0008
> 
> Initialize the card.
> 
> Which is a little weird, because 0x0008 means 'async alloc/reclaim
> completed'  Ah, the CMD bit (0x10) wasn't set quickly enough.  Hmmm,
> maybe the delay tweaks I put in have broken this.
> 
I'd be happy to fiddle a bit with some timeouts if you point me in the
right direction.

I'm also seeing a LOR:

lock order reversal
 1st 0xc2f72be8 wi0 (network driver) @ /usr/src/sys/dev/wi/if_wi.c:858
 2nd 0xc274737c radix node head (radix node head) @
/usr/src/sys/net/route.c:1195

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