On 11/02/2005 09:00 PM, Markus Wernig wrote:
Number: 4592
Category: system
Synopsis: iwi freezes 3.8 machine when loading firmware
Confidential: yes
Severity: critical
Priority: medium
Responsible: bugs
State: open
Quarter:
Keywords:
Date-Required:
Class: sw-bug
Submitter-Id: net
Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 02 20:10:02 GMT 2005
Closed-Date:
Last-Modified:
Originator: Markus Wernig
Release: 3.8 GENERIC (release)
Organization:
net
Environment:
compaq nx7010 laptop (centrino 1.8 GHz)
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG onboard
System : OpenBSD 3.8
Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
Machine : i386
Description:
I've installed the iwi firmware from
http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/iwifw/OpenBSD/iwi-firmware-2.3.tgz. The
driver loads ok (at least that is my understanding from the attached
dmesg), but as soon as I try to attach the interface (ifconfig iwi0 up
or dhclient iwi0),
the box freezes for all practical purposes. The only thing left half
alive is the console that I issued the command from (which never returns
the prompt), but it's irresponsive and won't let me ctrl-c or ctrl-z the
hanging command. I cannot switch to another virtual console, so I have
to hard-reset the box.
I can still reproduce this problem with the latest OpenBSD snapshot (4.9
#69) and using the latest firmware package (3.1) available from Damien
Bergamini repository.
I have an spare Compaq nx7010 laptop that would send to anybody willing
to work on this issue.
Cheers,
- Salva
