Hello, 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? 2. If I were to buy another miniPCI card to replace it, what's the current recommendation? (I realise I can probably run just about anything under ndis emulation, but I'd feel more comfortable with a native FreeBSD driver) Thanks, Brian.
Brian Candler <B.Candler@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 -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20060409/130722a8/signature.pgp