1.7.4 firmware as S-record, finally

[Jared Brokaw]

I am using the senao cards and when I flashed to 1.7.4, the cards would no
longer function adequately in hostap mode under freebsd.  I'm not sure at
this point if that is some kind of incompatability between the freebsd
driver and the 1.7.4 firmware, but it definitely didn't work, I use multiple
clients to test.  I had to revert to 1.5.6.  I'm hoping this firmware solves
a problem we are seeing when having between 70 and 90 users on the radio.
About every 24 to 48 hours, the thing starts spewing the following in the
syslog:

May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc85/0; last
status 800b
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc28/0; last
status 800b
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc23/0; last
status 800b
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc24/0; last
status 800b
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_seek to fc80/0; last
status 800b
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: tx buffer allocation failed
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: failed to allocate 1594 bytes on NIC
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: mgmt. buffer allocation failed
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
May 28 06:48:06 host /kernel: wi0: xmit failed

I guess we'll see.  Since I've seen similar problems with linux drivers and
these cards, and since the firmware prior to 1.4.9 was complete garbage, I'm
concluding these problems lie within the firmware.  If not, I can rewrite
the driver, but before I put that effort into it, I thought I would at least
try the 1.5.6 first.  Anyone here using BSD seen this on or after sta1.4.9?
Thanks!!!

jb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pavel Roskin" <proski at gnu.org>
To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:50 PM
Subject: 1.7.4 firmware as S-record, finally


> Hello!
>
> I've just noticed that Intersil firmware 1.7.4 is available here:
> http://www.netgate.com/support/prism_firmware/
>
> Only flashable firmware for Prism 2.5 chipset is available (sf010704.hex).
> I tried to flash it by prism2_srec, and it worked.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin
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