Sergio Guti?rrez Wrote: > Hi everybody. > > Currently I am using Solaris Express (Nevada build 55) on a HP Compaq NX7000 > laptop, and I was using ipw (Version 0.5) for my wireless network interface. >
ipw has been integrated into onnv_61, which uses WiFi GLDv3 framework and not exactly same as v0.5. > Since some days ago, I am having continuous problem with this interface > because after a few minutes of being working, I got the following message at > /var/adm/messages: > > May 14 13:35:53 arwen ipw: [ID 451854 kern.warning] WARNING: ipw0: device > configuration failed > May 14 13:35:53 arwen ipw: [ID 451854 kern.warning] WARNING: ipw0: could not > load microcode, try again > May 14 13:35:53 arwen ipw: [ID 451854 kern.warning] WARNING: ipw0: device > configuration failed > > Sometimes, by unplumbing/plumbing the interface and doing a wificonfig > restoredef, interface recovers and works for other few minutes, but, after > doing this, I got: > > # ifconfig ipw0 plumb > ifconfig: plumb: ipw0: I/O error > > And I have to reboot the system. > > Does anybody have any hint about this? Maybe could it be caused by a driver > conflict or something like that? If the firmware is not in right state, it's possible that the following operations are failed. You can try to remove this driver and attach again, if you don't want to reboot the system. -- Cecilia.Hu at Sun.COM Solaris x86 Engineering, Sun Microsystems +86-10-82618200 ext. 82947 / 62673947
