urtw0: could not allocate USB transfers

[Etienne Robillard]

On 03/03/11 02:45 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>
>>>> I forwarded this thread on -current.
>>>>
>>>> Please also find below a stack trace produced with option KDB_UNATTENDED
>>>> for the rt28700 driver (if_rt28700).
>>>>
>>>> On another side note, I have not being able to load
>>>> the runfw firmware module anymore after having updated
>>>> the src tree for 8.2-STABLE ?
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo kldload /boot/kernel/runfw.ko
>>>> kldload: can't load /boot/kernel/runfw.ko: Exec format error
>>>>         
>>> Here is your real error in dmesg:
>>>       
>>>> KLD runfw.ko: depends on firmware - not available or version mismatch
>>>> linker_load_file: Unsupported file type
>>>>         
>>> You need to kldload firmware.ko or make sure 'device firmware' is in your
>>> kernel config.
>>>       
>> Hi,
>>
>> Many thanks. This explains the change of behavior attempting to kldload
>> runfw.ko
>> without the firmware assist module. :)
>>
>> However I find strange that run(4) requires such a firmware to be preloaded
>> when the rt2870 driver doesn't require it!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     
>
> Maybe that's due to a missing MODULE_DEPEND() line in the .c file of urtw0.
>
> --HPS
>
>   

Hi,

Thanks for the input. I realize the urtw(4) and the pseudo rt2870 drivers
may be missing a MODULE_DEPEND macro but this issue is not as annoying
than the repeated page faults happening when the card is trying
to reassociate itself with a router.

I also noticed the same (random) page faults with the run(4) driver as
well but since I don't use a driver
requiring a external firmware to be loaded, I would prefer fixing the
errors in the generic
wireless code happening unconditionally with run(4), rt2870, and
possibly urtw(4). Plus,
a external firmware seems not necessary for using at least the TEW-644UB
wireless adapter!

Cheers,

Etienne


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