I just saw that my answers didn't reach the mailing list. Neither of the suggested ways work. Connection is lost and cannot be remedied whether I explicitly bring the interface up or down and then rerun dhclient. The only workaround is to bring the interface down before suspend and then bring it up again.
Thanks for all the input. 2010/11/6 Peter Hessler <[email protected]>: > If you `ifconfig iwi0 down` and re-run dhclient, does the wireless work > again? > > > On 2010 Nov 06 (Sat) at 15:06:44 +0100 (+0100), Alexander Schulthei_ wrote: > :I'm running OpenBSD 4.8-release on an IBM ThinkPad T 42 and installed > :iwi-firmware-3.1 as indicated in iwi(4). Wireless works flawlessly. > :However, after suspend (closing the lid of the laptop) I get a message > :saying "iwi0: fatal firmware error". Ifconfig iwi0 shows "no network" > :in the status field. Dmesg gives: > : > :... snippet (the usual stuff) ... > :root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b > :iwi0: fatal firmware error > : > :'# sh /etc/netstart' and '# dhclient iwi0' both report: > :iwi0: no link . . . . . . . . . . . . . sleeping > : > :Reboot solves the problem of course. Is this a bug in the firmware or > :does OpenBSD handle suspend incorrectly or am I simply supposed to > :bring the interface down before suspending? > : > :regards, Alex > : > > -- > Celebrate Hannibal Day this year. Take an elephant to lunch.
