Re: serious problem with wi(4) (D-Link DWL-650)

I have seen the same issues w/ D-Link DWL-650 & Intersil MiniPCI. Unfortuneatly you cannot simply unplug a MiniPCI :( I'm forced to power off the system.
This started w/ 4.5 stable about 3 months ago, I just tolerated it for the most part. Can duplicate on an IBM T20 or a Toshiba Tecra.
Receive is always normal, but whenever I would try to upload to another system, the card will sometimes lock the machine.

Good luck!

-Tony

"Jose M. Alcaide" <[email protected]> wrote ..
> Hello,
> 
> I have timeout problems with the D-Link DWL-650 every time I try to
> transmit big files (> 500 KB, for example): the transmission gets hanged
> after 200-300 KB have been transferred (the exact point varies). It also
> sometimes happens when when doing a ping flood (ping -s 1400 -f). However,
> data reception works just fine, including promiscuous mode.
> 
> The system is running 4.6-RELEASE. The card is operating in infrastructure
> mode, and it gets correctly associated to a base station. WEP-128 bit is
> enabled.
> 
> These are the relevant kernel messages:
> 
>    >>> D-Link DWL-650 card inserted <<<
> pcic0: Event mask 0x2
> pcic0: Event mask 0x2
> pcic0: Event mask 0x2
> pcic0: Event mask 0x2
> pcic0: Event mask 0x6
> pcic0: Autodetected 3.3V card
> pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> pcic0: reset 1 int is 10 stat is 6d
> pcic0: reset 2 int is 70 stat is 4d
> pcic0: reset 3 int is 70 stat is 6d
> pcic: I/O win 0 flags 15 240-27f
> wi0: Forcing IRQ to 11
> pcic: I/O win 0 flags 5 240-27f
> wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 flags 0x10000 slot 0 on pccard0
> pcic: I/O win 0 flags 15 240-27f
> wi0: Forcing IRQ to 11
> wi0: 802.11 address: 00:05:5d:5c:24:00
> wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.05
> wi0: wi_has_wep = 1
> bpf: wi0 attached
> pcic0: Event mask 0x9
>    >>> File transmission is started; after ~200-300 KB... <<<
> wi0: watchdog timeout
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x8000
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x8000
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: init failed
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
>    >>> and so on... <<<
> 
> The system enters an quasi-frozen state, until I remove the card: about
> 15-20 seconds later the card extraction is detected and the system
> resumes its normal operation.
> 
> I tried to set hw.pcic.intr_path=1 to no avail. Other PCMCIA cards work
> just fine (the machine is a Dell Inspiron 3700).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> JMA
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