Driver for DWL-G122 rev C1
Octavian Ionescu
itavy at itavy.com
Mon Dec 15 05:44:45 PST 2008
hi,
yes i have SMP enabled. i will recompile the kernel with the new
options and i will let yuo know.
Thank you
--
Octavian
Quoting "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda at gmail.com>:
> On 12/14/08, Octavian Ionescu <itavy at itavy.com> wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> i have an Wireless USB DWL-G122 rev c1 card and on current itblocks my
>> computer after a while. it scans for ap after i have configured it but
>> after 2-3 minutes of scaning hang the entire computer and give me an
>> backtrace prompt.
>>
>> # uname -a
>> FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #2: Sat Dec 6 17:17:09 UTC
>> 2008 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ITAVYEEE2 i386
>>
>> #dmesg
>> ....
>> Dec 14 22:40:28 kernel: rum0: <Ralink 802.11 bg WLAN, class 0/0, rev
>> 2.00/0.01, addr 3> on uhub4
>> Dec 14 22:40:28 kernel: rum0: MAC/BBP RT2573 (rev 0x2573a), RF RT2528
>> Dec 14 22:40:28 kernel: rum0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
>
> Let me guess you have SMP machine with SMP enabled kernel?
> In that case usb ehci have some bugs triggered with rum driver.
>
> Workaround: disable smp:
> # echo "kern.smp.disabled=1" >> /boot/loader.conf and reboot.
>
> Fix:
> use if_rum2 from usb2:
>
> # echo "usb2_wlan_rum_load=YES" >> /boot/loader.conf
>
> For this one to really work you need first to remove usb,uhci,ehci,ohci and
> others old usb stuff from kernel conf, and use usb2 as modules ...
>
>
> --
> Paul
>
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