wpi driver freeze on boot

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 9/30/08, Henrik Hudson <lists at rhavenn.net> wrote:
> I've got a HP dv8000 laptop. Setting up the wpi driver for wireless freezes 
> the system on boot with the following error:
>
> wpi0 requested unsupported memory range
> wpi0: could not allocate memory resource
>
> It lists a pcbi device (pcbi4 i think) and an actual memory range, but since
> I 
> have to reboot using kernel.old the /var/run/dmesg.boot is wiped with the 
> info. Is there anyway to grab the info when it freezes when it reboots?

Perhaps, entering single-user mode.

Add this lines to your kernel to help debug problem.

makeoptions     DEBUG=-g
options         KDB
options         DDB
options         GDB
options         INVARIANTS
options         INVARIANT_SUPPORT
options         WITNESS
options         WITNESS_SKIPSPIN