ndis0 panic when ifconfig inet IP address

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

Glenn,

  It doesen't help us by updating the mailing list

  Please run send-pr on your laptop and put in the problem
description and the fix.

Thanks,
Ted

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Glenn
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:12 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: ndis0 panic when ifconfig inet IP address
>
>
> Update:
>
> I wasn't able to solve the problem so resorted to installing FreeBSD 6.3
> instead, and got the wireless working without any difficulty.  I guess
> that some of the ndis kernel code has been changed in 7.0 that is
> causing my system to panic.
>
> Glenn
>
> > I have just upgraded my Asus A2 notebook from 6.1 to FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
> > #0 by doing a full clean install. (completely repartitioned my disc
> > prior to installing)
> >
> > This notebook uses the Broadcom bcmwl5 wireless drivers which worked
> > faultlessly using ndis on 6.1
> >
> > I can kldload ndis and driver bcmwl5_sys without a problem.
> >
> > However the system panics anytime that I try to config the ip address
> > either through rc.conf or directly e.g. ifconfig ndis inet 192.168.0.5
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> >
> > Got the error on the GENERIC kernel plus my own built kernel
> >
> > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
> > cpuid = 0; apic id = 00
> > fault virtual address = 0x0
> > fault code = supervisor read, page not present
> > instructor pointer = 0x20:0xc0a464f8
> > stack pointer = 0x28:0xcbfd8b04
> > frame pointer = 0x28:0xcbfd8b3c
> > code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0xib
> > 	     = DPL0, pres 1 def32 1, gran 1
> > processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
> > current process = 994 (ndis0 taskq)
> > trap number = 12
> >
> > Any idea what the problem may be?
> >
> > Glenn
>
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