Re: iwi error messages

[Sverre Froyen <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost>]

On Sunday 29 June 2008, Sverre Froyen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Lately, I've seen these messages from my T42 laptop:
>
> $ dmesg | grep iwi
> iwi0 at pci2 dev 2 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x4220 (rev. 0x05)
> iwi0: interrupting at irq 11
> iwi0: 802.11 address 00:0e:35:38:b0:33
> iwi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> iwi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> iwi0: timeout waiting for ucode to initialize
> iwi0: could not load microcode
> iwi0: timeout waiting for firmware initialization to complete
> iwi0: could not load main firmware
> iwi0: cannot assign link-local address

This was caused by me adding wpa_supplicant twice, once in /etc/rc.conf and 
also in /etc/ifconfig.iwi0.  Sorry about the noise.

BTW, it looks like there is no need for /etc/ifconfig.iwi0 when running 
wpa_supplicant, but on the other hand it appears to do no harm either.  Is 
there an official recommendation?

Thanks,
Sverre