2006-08-09 18:05:47

by Alessandro Suardi

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Subject: ipw2200 doesn't load firmware on battery-powered boot

Dell Latitude D610, FC5, happens at least since 2.6.18-rc2 and
it's fully reproducable. Sorry for not reporting earlier but I've been
recently either on vacation or very busy...

Booting with AC always makes interface eth1 appear:

Aug 8 21:32:48 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
Aug 8 21:32:48 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Aug 8 21:32:49 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Aug 8 21:32:49 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13
802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

Booting without AC always fails to load firmware:

Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
request_firmware failed: Reason -2
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device
Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed
with error -5

A post-boot modprobe -r ipw2200; modprobe ipw2200 makes eth1
appear even on battery power:

Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ieee80211: 802.11
data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005
Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] ->
Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13
802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: eth1: NETDEV_TX_BUSY returned; driver
should report queue full via ieee_device->is_queue_full.

The above log snippets are from 2.6.18-rc4 kernels; full boot logs
from both cases attached.

Thanks,

--alessandro

"What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you
realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love
to somebody you really liked a long time ago?"
"There isn't one."
"Oh. I thought maybe there was."
(The Sandman, dialogue between Delirium and Dream)


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2006-08-09 18:19:20

by Alessandro Suardi

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Subject: Re: ipw2200 doesn't load firmware on battery-powered boot

On 8/9/06, Alessandro Suardi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dell Latitude D610, FC5, happens at least since 2.6.18-rc2 and
> it's fully reproducable. Sorry for not reporting earlier but I've been
> recently either on vacation or very busy...
>
> Booting with AC always makes interface eth1 appear:
>
> Aug 8 21:32:48 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
> 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
> Aug 8 21:32:48 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
> Corporation
> Aug 8 21:32:49 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG Network Connection
> Aug 8 21:32:49 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13
> 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
>
> Booting without AC always fails to load firmware:
>
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
> 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
> Corporation
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG Network Connection
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
> request_firmware failed: Reason -2
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device
> Aug 9 19:06:01 sandman kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:03:03.0 failed
> with error -5
>
> A post-boot modprobe -r ipw2200; modprobe ipw2200 makes eth1
> appear even on battery power:
>
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ieee80211: 802.11
> data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005
> Intel Corporation <[email protected]>
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
> 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmpr
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
> Corporation
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] ->
> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG Network Connection
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZD (13
> 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
> Aug 9 19:14:36 sandman kernel: eth1: NETDEV_TX_BUSY returned; driver
> should report queue full via ieee_device->is_queue_full.
>
> The above log snippets are from 2.6.18-rc4 kernels; full boot logs
> from both cases attached.

Right, so I managed to save logs as root, perm 600, and try and
attach them as non-root and got not even a warning from either
Firefox or the GMail interface. Tsk, tsk.

In any case, I now put them up here:

http://xoomer.alice.it/incident/messages-boot-ac.log
http://xoomer.alice.it/incident/messages-boot-battery.log

Sorry for the double message. Thanks,

--alessandro

"What's the name of the word for the precise moment when you
realize that you've actually forgotten how it felt to make love
to somebody you really liked a long time ago?"
"There isn't one."
"Oh. I thought maybe there was."
(The Sandman, dialogue between Delirium and Dream)

2006-08-12 17:35:19

by Bill Davidsen

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Subject: Re: ipw2200 doesn't load firmware on battery-powered boot

Alessandro Suardi wrote:
> Dell Latitude D610, FC5, happens at least since 2.6.18-rc2 and
> it's fully reproducable. Sorry for not reporting earlier but I've been
> recently either on vacation or very busy...

FWIW I saw FC4 do the same thing with the first 2.6.17 kernel. Didn't
have time to investigate, so didn't report, just a suggestion that it
may be something which happened earlier. I was going to look for a more
recent version of the firmware, but the 2.6.16 is working fine, so I put
it on hold, for a cold winter day.

--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
Obscure bug of 2004: BASH BUFFER OVERFLOW - if bash is being run by a
normal user and is setuid root, with the "vi" line edit mode selected,
and the character set is "big5," an off-by-one errors occurs during
wildcard (glob) expansion.