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From: Jiri Krc <jyrki.k@post.cz>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: 7.0-RC1 no carrier with Prism 2.5 wifi card
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>Number:         119225
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [wi] 7.0-RC1 no carrier with Prism 2.5 wifi card [regression]
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-net
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 01 11:30:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Mon May 05 01:01:06 UTC 2008
>Originator:     Jiri Krc
>Release:        7.0-RC1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD nereida.neptun.org 7.0-RC1 FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 #0: Mon Dec 24 12:18:24 UTC 2007     root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
I can a report of 7 APs available, required silinet_54 is amond them
unfortunately status is "no carrier". The same configuration works
perfectly on 6.2-RELEASE and also on all older releases.

Find attached dmesg -a rep:

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FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 #0: Mon Dec 24 12:18:24 UTC 2007
    root@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (2004.19-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x40fb2  Stepping = 2
  Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
  Features2=0x2001<SSE3,CX16>
  AMD Features=0xea500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
  AMD Features2=0x1f<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8>
  Cores per package: 2
real memory  = 2011889664 (1918 MB)
avail memory = 1958690816 (1867 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <Nvidia AWRDACPI>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (splash_bmp, 0xc0d27b70, 0) error 2
hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Dec 24 2007 12:17:58)
acpi0: <Nvidia AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 77eb0000, 50000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
acpi0: reservation of 100000, 77db0000 (3) failed
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0
acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfefff000-0xfefff3ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 25000000 Hz quality 900
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
powernow0: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
powernow1: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu1
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.4 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.5 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.6 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.7 (no driver attached)
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff,0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xfb000000-0xfbffffff irq 16 at device 5.0 on pci0
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 9.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 10.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 10.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 10.2 (no driver attached)
ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02ffff irq 21 at device 11.0 on pci0
ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ohci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfe02e000-0xfe02e0ff irq 22 at device 11.1 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb1: EHCI version 1.0
usb1: companion controller, 8 ports each: usb0
usb1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb1: USB revision 2.0
uhub1: <nVidia EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
atapci0: <nVidia nForce MCP51 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf400-0xf40f at device 13.0 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
ata1: [ITHREAD]
atapci1: <nVidia nForce MCP51 SATA300 controller> port 0x9f0-0x9f7,0xbf0-0xbf3,0x970-0x977,0xb70-0xb73,0xe000-0xe00f mem 0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff irq 23 at device 14.0 on pci0
atapci1: [ITHREAD]
ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
ata2: [ITHREAD]
ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
ata3: [ITHREAD]
atapci2: <nVidia nForce MCP51 SATA300 controller> port 0x9e0-0x9e7,0xbe0-0xbe3,0x960-0x967,0xb60-0xb63,0xcc00-0xcc0f mem 0xfe02c000-0xfe02cfff irq 20 at device 15.0 on pci0
atapci2: [ITHREAD]
ata4: <ATA channel 0> on atapci2
ata4: [ITHREAD]
ata5: <ATA channel 1> on atapci2
ata5: [ITHREAD]
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 16.0 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xfdaff000-0xfdafffff irq 16 at device 8.0 on pci4
wi0: [ITHREAD]
wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6)
wi0: Ethernet address: 00:60:b3:64:84:01
rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x9c00-0x9cff mem 0xfdbff000-0xfdbff0ff irq 17 at device 9.0 on pci4
miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0
rlphy0: <RealTek internal media interface> PHY 0 on miibus0
rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
rl0: Ethernet address: 4c:00:10:00:7d:bd
rl0: [ITHREAD]
pcm0: <NVidia MCP51 High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0
pcm0: [ITHREAD]
nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce 430 MCP13 Networking Adapter> port 0xc800-0xc807 mem 0xfe02b000-0xfe02bfff irq 22 at device 20.0 on pci0
miibus1: <MII bus> on nfe0
e1000phy0: <Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit PHY> PHY 1 on miibus1
e1000phy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX-FDX, auto
nfe0: Ethernet address: 00:18:f3:b1:f7:16
nfe0: [FILTER]
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
pmtimer0 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
hptrr: no controller detected.
acd0: DVDR <NEC DVD RW ND-4571A/1-01> at ata0-master UDMA33
ad4: 305245MB <Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 V54OA73A> at ata2-master SATA300
pcm0: hdac_widget_connection_parse: nid=18 WARNING: zero cnid entnum=4 j=2 index=0 entries=8 found=2 res=0x21002211
pcm0: <HDA Codec: Analog Devices AD1986A>
pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20071129_0050>
cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <_NEC DVD_RW ND-4571A 1-01> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device 
cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
Loading configuration files.
kernel dumps on /dev/ad4s2b
Entropy harvesting:
 interrupts
 ethernet
 point_to_point
 kickstart
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->freebsd-net 
Responsible-Changed-By: remko 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jan 1 11:50:27 UTC 2008 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
reassign to networking team 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=119225 

From: Harrison Grundy <astrodog@gmail.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jyrki.k@post.cz
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/119225: 7.0-RC1 no carrier with Prism 2.5 wifi card
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:48:32 +0900

 I have seen the same behavior on a Prism 2.5 system I've got.
 
 The NDISulator driver works fine, though.
 

From: "Jonas Wolz" <jwolz1@gmail.com>
To: jyrki.k@post.cz, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/119225: [wi] 7.0-RC1 no carrier with Prism 2.5 wifi card (regression)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:04:19 +0100

 I can confirm this bug with a Prism3 chipset and FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE.
 
 The relevant dmesg output is:
 wi0: <Intersil Prism3> mem 0xe4006000-0xe4006fff irq 18 at device 11.0 on pci0
 wi0: [ITHREAD]
 wi0: using RF:PRISM3(Mini-PCI)
 wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.1), Station (1.5.6)
 wi0: Ethernet address: 00:02:8a:a0:8a:96
 
 "ifconfig wi0 up scan" will sometimes "complete" in a few seconds and
 sometimes take a few minutes but will never show any APs.
 
 An interesting aspect is that if I clear the ssid with "ifconfig wi0
 ssid -" and take the interface up and down repeatedly sometimes the
 ssid of one AP will show up in ifconfig, but there will still be "no
 carrier" (unfortunately I don't know how reproduce this effect
 reliably).

From: "Jonas Wolz" <jwolz1@gmail.com>
To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, jyrki.k@post.cz
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/119225: [wi] 7.0-RC1 no carrier with Prism 2.5 wifi card (regression)
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:45:53 +0100

 I recently did some more experimenting and found an workaround that
 works for me ("ifconfig scan" still doesn' work):
 
 When I use an old ISC dhclient binary from FreeBSD 5 which ignores the
 "no carrier" status and sends the DHCP requests anyway,
 I get an IP address from the router and ifconfig shows "status:
 associated" afterwards. (and the network works just fine)
 
 
 Manually setting the IP address seems not work, however (but this
 might be also my router...).
>Unformatted:
