Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG (iwi) firmware error / device timeout

[Fernando Apesteguía]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Joseph Mingrone <jrm at ftfl.ca> wrote:
> I see there are still some open PRs for this problem, but they are a
> couple of years old.  Does anyone know of any workarounds?
>
> I don't recall having problems in 7.x, but in 8.x I see the firmware
> errors every few hours. If I try to do a # /etc/rc.d netif restart the
> system reboots.

I don't know if it is related, but in 9.0-RELEASE, I can't load the
firmware at all (kern/165595)

Cheers

>
> # pciconf -lv
> ...
> iwi0 at pci0:2:2:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x27018086 chip=0x42208086
> rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device     = 'driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (MPCI3B)'
>    class      = network
>
> # cat /boot/loader.conf
> ...
> legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
> if_iwi_load="YES"
>
> # cat /etc/rc.conf | grep wlan
> wlans_iwi0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>
> # cat /etc/wap_supplicant.conf
> network={
>        ssid="myssid"
>        psk="mypsk"
> }
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