port-macppc/54680: bwi driver regression

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>Number:         54680
>Category:       port-macppc
>Synopsis:       bwi driver regression
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    port-macppc-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 05 23:55:00 +0000 2019
>Originator:     Julien Savard
>Release:        8.0 and onward
>Organization:
None
>Environment:
NetBSD 8.0
NetBSD 8.1
NetBSD 9.99.17
>Description:
Trying to "up" bwi0 device fails. The following messages appear in console/logs :

Console :
bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e
bwi0: device timeout

Logs :

bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e
bwi0: autoconfiguration error: device timeout

Firmware has been extracted to /libdata/firmware/bwi/v3

Was working with NetBSD 6.1.5 and 7.2
Not working with NetBSD 8.0, 8.1 and latest ( 9.99.17 )
>How-To-Repeat:
ifconfig bwi0 up; ifconfig bwi0 list scan
>Fix:
Looks a lot like : PR40279 ( http://gnats.netbsd.org/40279 )
Mail as been sent to macppc-port. See : http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2019/10/31/msg002665.html