On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 01:11:58AM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Hi, > > > my Asus laptop comes up with: > > [ 1.026365] wpi0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0: vendor 8086 product 4222 > (rev. 0x02) > [ 1.026365] wpi0: interrupting at msi2 vec 0 > [ 1.026365] wpi0: MoW2, address 00:13:02:21:b0:e3 > [ 1.026365] wpi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps > 48Mbps 54Mbps > [ 1.026365] wpi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps > [ 1.026365] wpi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps > 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > > if I configure network, it comes up quickly and appear working just fine. > After a while (I did not test if it is just a matter of time or caused by > download, usage, e.g. currently I am trying to clone a larger git repo) it > disconnects > > I see "status" not active anymore... and in dmesg I notice: > > [ 5928.137024] wpi0: autoconfiguration error: fatal firmware error > [ 9020.332405] wpi0: autoconfiguration error: fatal firmware error > [ 9030.258714] wpi0: autoconfiguration error: fatal firmware error > [ 9142.510061] wpi0: autoconfiguration error: fatal firmware error > > > If I pull it down and up again, it does not reconnect... Also I see with > ifconfig that > media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS1 mode 11g) > > the "mode" of the media changes to a lot of different values. Finally after > some attempts and leaving it down, it come sup again.... works for a while > and stops. > (this is why several firmware errors) > > The card is: > > 005:00:0: Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 3945ABG Mini-PCI Adapter (miscellaneous > network, revision 0x02) >
What NetBSD kernel version are you running? I had accidentally broke wpi(4) for a number of versions. The latest stable 8 and 9 releases should have it fixed though. Jonathan