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Subject: RE: iwl3945 Microcode SW error, and then can't stop Rx DMA
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:38:17 -0800
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From: "Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
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On , Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> After a while of running on my iwl3945 I get the following error:
> 
> [ 8414.072734] wlan0: CTS protection disabled
> (BSSID=00:13:c4:f4:25:30) [ 8473.409534] wlan0: CTS protection
> enabled (BSSID=00:13:c4:f4:25:30) [12059.081930] iwl3945: Microcode
> SW error detected. 
> Restarting 0x82000008.
> [12059.081950] iwl3945: Error Reply type 0x00000005 cmd REPLY_TX
> (0x1C) seq 0x0000 ser 0x0000004B
> [12060.076397] iwl3945: Can't stop Rx DMA.
> 
> I then have to remove the module and add it back. Haven't been able to
> replicate it again, but will let you know once I do see it again. This
> is running the latest pull from wireless-testing.git.

If you can reproduce it, please have the driver loaded with debugging
(debug=0x43fff). This will cause the microcode event log to be dumped to
the screen and we can then pinpoint what caused the microcode to
complain.

Thanks

Reinette