Re: Status of wi(4)

On Monday 08 December 2003 08:26 am, Erwin Lansing wrote:
> Some time ago, I've seen some traffic about problems with wi(4). I've
> been on holiday for most of November, just to find my fine working
> Netgear MA401 no longer functional on 5.2-RC. AFAIKS initialization
> fails (see below). Are there still known oustanding issues with wi ?
>
> -erwin
>
> wi0: <NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11
> function 0 config 1 on pccard0
> wi0: 801.11 address: 00:30:ab:11:69:a5
> wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A
> wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
> wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x0008
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0008
> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> wi0: init failed
> wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC
> wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12)
> wi0: interface not running

My MA401 w/ later station firmware (1.3.4) works fine.  The previous wi 
problems were with Lucent cards and appear to have been resolved.

	Sam