iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete -- was [Re: Switching from wired to wireless getting "network down"]

[martinko]

martinko wrote:
> martinko wrote:
>>
>> Hi Serge,
>>
>> That devd.conf entry helps! :-)
>> I take it as a workaround until rc.conf/rc.d work as they should.
>> I miss 0-2 pings when unplugging wired cable but that's ok for me.
>
> However, this appears now in /var/log/messages during boot:
>
> Jan 11 01:02:18 mb-aw1n-bsd kernel: iwi0: timeout waiting for (null)
> firmware initialization to complete
> Jan 11 01:02:18 mb-aw1n-bsd kernel: iwi0: could not load boot firmware
> (null)
>
> However, after boot wi-fi works correctly. I'll test more tomorrow..

By "wi-fi works correctly" I meant that I can associate and use my wifi 
link _however_ reported crashes still happen and I'm getting more 
worried each day especially since today when the system booted to single 
due to unexpected soft-updates inconsistencies. (!) :-((

M.