i386/170066: ral(4) rt61pci Linksys freezes the machine as soon as wpa_supplicant is started

[Giacomo]

>Number:         170066
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       ral(4) rt61pci Linksys freezes the machine as soon as wpa_supplicant is started
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 22 11:30:11 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Giacomo
>Release:        9.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ral0

ifconfig wlan0 ssid TP-LINK

ifconfig wlan0 up

wpa_supplicant -r wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf


The machine completely freezes without printing anything on the system console.

The commands were given in single user mode exactly as described.

GENERIC kernel.
>How-To-Repeat:
The lines above always reproduce the problem.
The system console never prints any stack trace.
>Fix:


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