On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 15:24 -0800, Cahill, Ben M wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Maxim Levitsky [mailto:maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx] > >Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:16 PM > >To: Johannes Berg > >Cc: linux-wireless; iwlwifi maling list > >Subject: [ipw3945-devel] iwl3945 dies on module reload > > > >When reloading the iwl3945 driver I often get this: > > > > > >[ 830.333386] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG > >Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.26kds > >[ 830.333407] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation > >[ 830.333536] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 > >(level, low) -> IRQ 19 > >[ 830.374979] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 > >802.11bg, 0 802.11a channels > >[ 830.374995] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless > >WiFi Link 3945BG > >[ 830.375163] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X > >[ 830.376859] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs' > >[ 830.427214] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: firmware: requesting > >iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode > >[ 830.526945] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9 > >[ 830.544236] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec > >[ 830.575694] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: BSM uCode verification > >failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 > >[ 830.578862] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Hardware error detected. > >Restarting. > >[ 832.570133] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Wait for START_ALIVE > >timeout after 2000ms. > >[ 832.622676] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: BSM uCode verification > >failed at addr 0x00003800+0 (of 900), is 0xa5a5a5a2, s/b 0xf802020 > >[ 832.625839] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Hardware error detected. > >Restarting. > >[ 834.620132] iwl3945 0000:06:00.0: Wait for START_ALIVE > >timeout after 2000ms. > > The 0xa5a5a5a2 signature indicates that the device is powered up and the PCI Express link is working, but somehow the device internals have not been powered up / initialized. > > Are you using a very recent version of the driver? I've done some work in this area in the past couple of months. I use -git tip of wireless-testing Best regards, Maxim Levitsky -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
