Subject: Re: wi0 on hpcarm NetBSD-current
To: None <port-hpcarm@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Postma <peter@pointless.nl>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 07/06/2006 23:29:47
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 07:19:04PM +0000, David Coppa wrote:
> Astro <freedom.day <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,I've compiled and installed NetBSD-current 3.99.21 on Jornada 720.
> > I have one problem with the wi driver. I use a Prism2.5 chipset
> > pcmcia wifi card (Primary firmware 1.1.1, Station firmware 1.7.4
> > 
> > ) Hostap and Monitor modes work OK but when in DS11 mode the interface
> > just cannot associate with any AP.
> > Standard command -# ifconfig wi0 ssid somename chan xy up interface
> > just blinks so no connection is established 
> > Same card works well with NetBSD-3.0.0 stable on hpcarm. Any suggestions ?
> 
> Same behavior there: with 3.99.21, both my Senao and my Orinoco stop working.
> I suppose that nothing is happened on i386, so maybe is a hpcarm related bug
> with the new ieee80211 code?
> 

I don't see why this would be a hpcarm related bug, since the ieee80211
and wi(4) code is machine independent. I guess i386 would be broken as well.

Do you know what the last working -current version was? Can you try
to cvs update to specific dates to figure out when it breaks?

-- 
Peter Postma