Re: wi interface with Netgear 301/401 flakey

Next time post your dmesg output for wi0, I bet you're using old
firmware.

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 11:32:42PM +1000, Gavin Cameron wrote:
> My networking just crashed again with a whole heap of wi0 errors
> which I list below.
> 
> Once wi0 became hosed all networking to the freebsd box died and
> a reboot was required.
> 
> All I was doing across the wireless link was a ssh and an IMAP
> session.
> 
> If nothing's changed in the wi0 driver what other changes could be
> causing this flakiness?
> 
> Cheers,
> Gavin
> 
> Here are the messages:
> 
> Aug 7 23:20:32 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x010b; event status
> 0x0000
> Aug 7 23:20:32 chip /kernel: wi0: xmit failed
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: watchdog timeout
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 14b/0; last status
> 810b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 14b/3c; last status
> 810b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: xmit failed
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 14b/0; last status
> 810b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to 14b/3c; last status
> 810b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: xmit failed
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: init failed
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc07/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc00/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc81/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc83/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc84/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc06/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc09/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0c/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2d/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc04/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc02/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc03/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc0e/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc01/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc85/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc28/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc23/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc24/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc2a/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0; last status
> 800b
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
> Aug 7 23:21:52 chip /kernel: wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Block" <[email protected]>
> To: "M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: wi interface with Netgear 301/401 flakey
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> >
> > > In message: <015701c23d9e$ffa51050$6401a8c0@bugs>
> > >             "Gavin Cameron" <[email protected]> writes:
> > > : The cards were working beautifully until I cvsuped in the weekend.
> > >
> > > But I've not changed anything that would change anything in this area.
> >
> > Maybe something else changed in the kernel, though?  That's the same
> > error I was seeing with the RangeLAN cards, and I was using a very
> > recent Stable.
> >
> > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
> >
> >
> 
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