iwn(4) link down/up cycling

[Julian H. Stacey]

David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 06:54:40PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> > David Wolfskill wrote:
> > ...
> > > Have I done something avoidable to encourage this behavior?
> >=20
> > Might this be a USB device coming & going ? ie might it be USB bus at fau=
> lt ?
> > ...
> 
> I admit that hardware is not one of my stronger points, but I would

Me either, on modern stuff :-)


> think that the fact that the iwn0 device shows up in the output of
> "pciconf -vl":
> 
> iwn0 at pci0:3:0:0:        class=3D0x028000 card=3D0x12118086 chip=3D0x4237808=
> 6 rev=3D0x00 hdr=3D0x00
>     vendor     =3D 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     =3D 'PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection'
>     class      =3D network
> 
> gives reason to believe that the device is attached via PCI, rather
> than USB.  I hope.  :-}

Yes,
I just plugged in a USB wireless run0 device & it made no difference to 
pciconf -lv output.
> 
> But I appreciate the suggestion.


Yup, sorry, was a long shot, & off target.

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com
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