kern/38691: miniPCI wi on strike but other wi working

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>Number:         38691
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       wi on strike
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 18 18:05:01 +0000 2008
>Originator:     S.P.Zeidler
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.62
>Organization:
        dis-
>Environment:
System: NetBSD volans 4.99.62 NetBSD 4.99.62 (VOLANS) #5: Fri May 16 10:34:40 
CEST 2008 spz@volans:/home/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/obj/VOLANS i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        I have a miniPCI card:
        wi0 at pcmcia2 function 0: <Dell, TrueMobile 1150 Series PC Card, 
Version 01.01, >
        wi0: 802.11 address 00:02:2d:87:b2:10
        wi0: using Lucent Embedded WaveLAN/IEEE
        wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.10.1)
        wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps

        that stopped working sometime between ~10th February and end of March.
        Symptom is that ifconfig reports it trying to use just DS2 and finding
        no network, but wiconfig reports it seeing the station.
        Using an older kernel or a Knoppix has it working normally, so
        it's not simply broken hardware.

        To make things interesting, a different wi card (in PCMCIA casing)
        does work:
        wi1 at pcmcia1 function 0: <Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE, Version 
01.01, >
        wi1: 802.11 address 00:60:1d:f6:58:be
        wi1: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE
        wi1: Lucent Firmware: Station (8.10.1)
        wi1: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps

        106% ifconfig wi0
        wi0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 
1500
                ssid Diskworld nwkey *****
                powersave off
                address: 00:02:2d:87:b2:10
                media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS2)
                status: no network
                inet6 fe80::202:2dff:fe87:b210%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        107% ifconfig wi1
        wi1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 
1500
                ssid Diskworld nwkey *****
                powersave off
                bssid 00:11:50:06:04:e0 chan 1
                address: 00:60:1d:f6:58:be
                media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11)
                status: active
                inet6 fe80::260:1dff:fef6:58be%wi1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
        108% wiconfig wi0 > wiconfig.wi0
        wiconfig: SIOCGWAVELAN(wreq fc2a): Operation not supported
        109% wiconfig wi1 > wiconfig.wi1
        wiconfig: SIOCGWAVELAN(wreq fc2a): Operation not supported
        110% diff -u wiconfig.wi0 wiconfig.wi1
        --- wiconfig.wi0        2008-05-18 19:37:53.000000000 +0200
        +++ wiconfig.wi1        2008-05-18 19:37:59.000000000 +0200
        @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
        -NIC serial number:                     [ 08U08232658Z ]
        +NIC serial number:                     [ 00UT02418030 ]
         Station name:                          [  ]
         SSID for IBSS creation:                        [ Diskworld ]
         Current netname (SSID):                        [ Diskworld ]
         Desired netname (SSID):                        [ Diskworld ]
         Current BSSID:                         [ 00:11:50:06:04:e0 ]
        -Channel list:                          [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ]
        -IBSS channel:                          [ 10 ]
        +Channel list:                          [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
]
        +IBSS channel:                          [ 3 ]
         Current channel:                       [ 8 ]
        -Comms quality/signal/noise:            [ 48 106 58 ]
        +Comms quality/signal/noise:            [ 52 104 52 ]
         Promiscuous mode:                      [ Off ]
         Port type:                             [ 1 ]
        -MAC address:                           [ 00:02:2d:87:b2:10 ]
        +MAC address:                           [ 00:60:1d:f6:58:be ]
         TX rate (selection):                   [ 0 ]
        -TX rate (actual speed):                        [ 2 ]
        +TX rate (actual speed):                        [ 11 ]
         Beacon Interval (current) [msec]:      [ 100 ]
         Maximum data length:                   [ 2304 ]
         RTS/CTS handshake threshold:           [ 2347 ]

        Anybody have an idea where to start digging?

>How-To-Repeat:
        
>Fix: