Intel 5100AGN ndis driver problem

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On 3/21/09, Ganbold <ganbold at micom.mng.net> wrote:
> Paul B. Mahol wrote:
>> On 3/19/09, Ganbold <ganbold at micom.mng.net> wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to use ndis driver for Intel 5100AGN and got
>>> following error:
>>>
>>> beastie# grep ndis /var/log/messages
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie kernel: ndis0: <Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN> mem
>>> 0xf4300000-0xf4301fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie kernel: ndis0: [ITHREAD]
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS ERROR: 40001b7c (unknown error)
>>>
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS ERROR: 40001b7c (unknown error)
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x08ff product
>>> 0x2810 bus uhub1
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0a5c product
>>> 0x2145 bus uhub1
>>> Mar 19 23:41:21 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x17ef product
>>> 0x1004 bus uhub3
>>> Mar 19 23:41:53 beastie kernel: ugen1.3: <Lenovo Computer Corp> at
>>> usbus1 (disconnected)
>>> Mar 19 23:41:57 beastie kernel: ugen1.3: <Lenovo Computer Corp> at usbus1
>>> Mar 19 23:41:57 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0a5c product
>>> 0x2145 bus uhub1
>>> Mar 19 23:45:36 beastie kernel: wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:21:6b:9a:23:8e
>>> Mar 19 23:52:02 beastie kernel: pid 9861 (initial thread) is using
>>> legacy pty devices
>>> Mar 20 00:08:06 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS ERROR: 40001b7c (unknown error)
>>> ...
>>> ndis0 at pci0:3:0:0:    class=0x028000 card=0x12118086 chip=0x42378086
>>> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>>>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>>     class      = network
>>>
>>> I'm running:
>>> beastie# uname -an
>>> FreeBSD beastie.micom.mng.net 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #5
>>> r190040M: Thu Mar 19 21:45:37 ULAT 2009
>>> tsgan at beastie.micom.mng.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DEVIL_WITNESS  i386
>>>
>>>
>>> Any idea how to fix this issue?
>>> Please let me know if you need more info.
>>>     
>>
>> How you generate ndis module?
>> Post whole output _after_ is module loaded
>> _not_ just lines containing ndis.
>>
>> also enable debug.ndis sysctl.
>>   
>I generated module issuing following command:
>
>ndisgen NETw5x32.inf NETw5x32.sys
>
>After module is generated, loading modules gives (debug.ndis=1):
>
>
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie kernel: no match for KeBugCheck
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie kernel: ndis0: <Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN> mem
>0xf4300000-0xf4301fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie kernel: ndis0: [ITHREAD]
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie kernel: ndis0: NDIS ERROR: 40001b7c (unknown error)
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x08ff product
>0x2810 bus uhub1
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0a5c product
>0x2145 bus uhub1
>Mar 21 16:18:33 beastie root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x17ef product
>0x1004 bus uhub3
>Mar 21 16:18:34 beastie kernel: attach done.
>Mar 21 16:18:35 beastie kernel: halting done.
>
>Ganbold

I am seeing the exact same thing on 7.1-RELEASE, minus the USB errors. I
have the same Intel chipset in a Fujitsu T1010 laptop. I downloaded the XP
driver from Intel, had the same file names as above. When I ran ndisgen it
asked me for the names of the files even through I specified them on the
command line. Other than that the build process seemed fine. When I used
kldload to test it I got the unknown error message but the system seemed
happy so I set it up to load from loader.conf and added an entry for it in
/etc/rc.conf. When I rebooted the hardware probe hung at the ndis driver. 

After I managed to boot without the kernel module I tried again to load
with kldload. After the NDIS ERROR line I see

WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface

Next comes the MAC address, then a page fault followed by a reboot. I tried
it several times with same results.

Is there anything I can do to help solve this? Again I am running 7.1 not HEAD.

Gary Dunn
Open Slate Project
Honolulu