Problem with wi on current (also posted to freebsd-current)

[Robert Hulme]

I posted this to current earlier today, but I'm not sure if that's the
best place. As WLAN cards tend to be for mobile devices I thought it
would be good to make a little noise here in case the people who
submitted the patches that broke wi are hanging around here :D

Hi,

I'm having some problems with wi in 5-CURRENT and 5.1 in general.

I'm using a Proxim Skyline 802.11b PC Card (which I believe uses the
Prism 2 chipset). The PC Card is using the 0.3.0 primary and 0.8.3
secondary firmware (which I believe is the latest). I have a Dell
Inspiron 8200. 

The card works fine in Windows XP and FreeBSD 5.0, but in 5.1 if I use
ifconfig to bring up the card (for example during boot) it locks my
laptop up for about a minute while I get loads of error messages appear
on screen. Eventually I get a 'init failed' and 'tx buffer allocation
failed (error 12)' error, and although ifconfig says the interface is up
it doesn't actually work.

I'm using 128bit wep in case that's relevant.



I would really appreciate some help as I've spent hours (like about 20)
now sitting here recompiling the kernel, updating to the current branch
and trying that, etc...

Please help!

My boot.dmesg is as follows:


Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #3: Tue Jun 17 11:08:39 BST 2003
    root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc06f3000.
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/linux.ko" at 0xc06f30a8.
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC"  frequency
1695004748 Hz
CPU: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.70GHz (1695.00-MHz 686-class
CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf27  Stepping = 7
 
Features=0xbfebf9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,
CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
real memory  = 536748032 (511 MB)
avail memory = 513839104 (490 MB)
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
Using $PIR table, 11 entries at 0xc00fbb90
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pci_cfgintr: 0:29 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 0:29 INTC BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 0:31 INTB BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 0:31 INTB BIOS irq 11
agp0: <Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge> mem 0xe8000000-0xebffffff at
device 0.0 on pci0
pcib1: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci_cfgintr: 1:0 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> port
0xbf80-0xbf9f irq 11 at device 29.0 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ums0: Microsoft Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical\M-., rev 1.10/1.21, addr
2, iclass 3/1
ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir.
uhci1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> port
0xbf20-0xbf3f irq 11 at device 29.2 on pci0
usb1: <Intel 82801CA/CAM (ICH3) USB controller USB-C> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pcib2: <PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci_cfgintr: 2:0 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 2:1 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 2:1 INTA BIOS irq 11
pci_cfgintr: 2:1 INTA BIOS irq 11
xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xec80-0xecff mem
0xf8fffc00-0xf8fffc7f irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci2
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:08:74:e5:b9:b3
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
cbb0: <TI4451 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 11 at device 1.0 on pci2
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
cbb1: <TI4451 PCI-CardBus Bridge> irq 11 at device 1.1 on pci2
cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
fwohci0: <Texas Instruments PCI4451> mem
0xf8ff8000-0xf8ffbfff,0xf8fff000-0xf8fff7ff irq 11 at device 1.2 on pci2
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channel is 4.
fwohci0: EUI64 32:4f:c0:00:3a:98:48:10
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
if_fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 32:4f:c0:98:48:10
sbp0: <SBP2/SCSI over firewire> on firewire0
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH3 UDMA100 controller> port
0xbfa0-0xbfaf,0x374-0x377,0x170-0x177,0x3f4-0x3f7,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device
31.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <simple comms> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xcf800-0xcffff,0xc0000-0xcf7ff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model GlidePoint, device ID 0
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> at port
0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq
4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
isa0
unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0c01> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port) Timecounters tick every
10.000 msec
fwohci0: BUS reset
fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
wi0: <INTERSIL HFA384x/IEEE> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0
config 1 on pccard1
wi0: 802.11 address: 00:00:c5:09:91:eb
wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.B
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ad0: 38154MB <IC25N040ATCS05-0> [77520/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: DVD-ROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2612> at ata0-slave PIO4 Mounting
root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
module_register: module cardbus/xl already exists!
Module cardbus/xl failed to register: 17
module_register: module pci/xl already exists!
Module pci/xl failed to register: 17
module_register: module xl/miibus already exists!
Module xl/miibus failed to register: 17
interface fwe.1 already present in the KLD 'kernel'!
module_register: module pccard/wi already exists!
Module pccard/wi failed to register: 17
module_register: module pci/wi already exists!
Module pci/wi failed to register: 17
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0
wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x8000
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: init failed
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc00/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc81/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0c/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc02/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc03/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc04/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc01/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc09/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc07/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc83/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc82/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc06/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2d/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc84/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0e/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc85/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc28/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0
wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC
wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12)
wi0: interface not running
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0
wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0




-Rob

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"easy as 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841..."

"A programmer is a device for turning coffee into code."

"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero."  --Anonymous

"Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important
stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it." -- Linus
Torvalds