kern/144898: [wpi] [panic] wpi panics system

[Dominic Fandrey]

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From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze at bsdforen.de>
To: Alex Kozlov <spam at rm-rf.kiev.ua>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/144898: [wpi] [panic] wpi panics system
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:25:09 +0200

 Hello,
 
 On 05/08/2010 23:52, Alex Kozlov wrote:
 > It's seems to be common issue for many wireless if drivers.
 > Can You please try this patch? Thanks.
 
 I finally got around to testing it. I'm mostly using an Atheros
 card, nowadays. Though I have to hotswap it to get past the BIOS.
 
 Your patch fixes all the reliably reproducible panics.
 
 I can scan for wireless networks and it yields the available networks.
 I can connect to a network and use it. There is no package loss,
 I'm currently stress-testing the connection, and it appears to be
 reliable.
 
 Now the downside. If I turn the network down and bring it up again
 it turns blind. An "ifconfig wlan0 list scan" will yield nothing
 and I cannot connect to a network. So I can use it only once.
 
 Unloading the module in between does not help either, so I have
 to reboot if I want to use it again.
 
 What kind of data are you interested in? Dmesg? Anything else?
 
 Regards
 
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