Prism wi support in 6.x - or alternative card

[Fabian Keil]

Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com> wrote:

> I Hvae an IBM Thinkpad X30 with a miniPCI wireless card:
> 
> wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xf8000000-0xf8000fff irq 11 at device
> 2.0 on pci1 wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.9)
> wi0: Ethernet address: 00:05:3c:09:7e:9d
> wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> 
> I have found it to be flaky under FreeBSD 5.4. It's OK for occasional
> use but when under heavy load, e.g. 'unison' syncing to another
> machine, it locks up:
> 
> Mar 27 21:10:00 thinkdog kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x010b; event
> status 0xa000 Mar 27 21:10:00 thinkdog kernel: wi0: xmit failed
> Mar 27 21:10:04 thinkdog kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0021; event
> status 0xa000 Mar 27 21:10:09 thinkdog kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit
> won't clear.
> 
> At this point the only solution is to unload and reload the if_wi
> module.
> 
> So my questions are:
> 
> 1. Is support for this hardware significantly improved in 6.X?

I don't think so. I have a wi card which worked fine in 5.4, but shows
the symptoms above on 6.x.
 
> 2. If I were to buy another miniPCI card to replace it, what's the
>    current recommendation?

Something which works with ath.

Fabian
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