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From: Murray Baker <murray_baker@NOSPAM.ihug.com.au>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: 'wi' driver Netgear MA311 (PCI) Prism 2.5, VIA Apollo chipset mobo, 'wi' crash during boot
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>Number:         62382
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       'wi' driver Netgear MA311 (PCI) Prism 2.5, VIA Apollo chipset mobo, 'wi' crash during boot
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 05 03:50:16 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:    Sat Feb 14 04:05:40 PST 2004
>Last-Modified:  Sat Feb 14 04:05:40 PST 2004
>Originator:     Murray Baker
>Release:        4.9-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
Sorry can't do, no boot. (4.9 boot flop, or 4.9 GENERIC)
>Description:
      During boot 'wi' detects Prism 2.5, then has varying symptoms.
* kernel page fault
* incorrect firmware version[s], eg 0.0.0 instead of 1.0.1 and 1.3.5
* incorrect firmware ID, 'Lucent' detected instead of Intersil.
* microuptime going backwards

It did boot once, then 'wicontrol' locked the machine solid.

Mobo is 'noname', chipset is labelled 'VXpro' but IDs as VIA apollo.
CPU is IDT WInchip.

A 'closed source os' seems to work correctly on same HW. Driver and WLAN
util seem to run ok, firmware updater worked ok. (I have not attempted
WLAN networking with this os.)

4.9 GENERIC on a notebook with D-Link DWL-650, also Prism 2.5, boots ok
and doesn't show these problems.

>How-To-Repeat:
      Same combination of HW?
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Murray Baker <murray_baker@ihug.com.au>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/62382: 'wi' driver Netgear MA311 (PCI) Prism 2.5, VIA
  Apollo chipset mobo, 'wi' crash during boot
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:06:57 +1100

 I have diagnosed and solved the problem.
 
 PCI 2.1 mobo does not supply 3.3V power reqd by MA311.
 (3.3V power mandatory on PCI 2.2 mobo, optional on PCI 2.1.)
 
 Sufficient power was supplied by parasitic paths to get the MA311
 partially working. I successfully ran the firmware upgrade flasher
 on this mobo. Confusing!
 
 MA311 is now in another mobo which does supply 3.3V power and I have
 had the WLAN working. FreeBSD 4.9-REL at both ends.
 
 Murray Baker.
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: simon 
State-Changed-When: Sat Feb 14 04:04:21 PST 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
Submitter has resolved the issue which was hardware related. 

Thanks for letting us know what the real problem was. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=62382 
>Unformatted:
