802.11b Driver for MacOS X 1.0.3b7 now available for testing

[Mohammad A. Haque]

On Dec 07, 2003, at 21:40 , Mohammad A. Haque wrote:

> On Dec 07, 2003, at 18:15 , IOXperts Support wrote:
>
>> We weren't able to find any hangs under 10.2.8 or 10.3.1 in our 
>> testing, but if there are remaining problems, please send us any 
>> information you can about them.
>>
>> There is a short time interval of a second or two after an eject 
>> where re-inserting the card is a really bad idea, but this is true 
>> for all PC Cards, and isn't under our control.  However, once the 
>> interface has gone away and a couple seconds have passed, reinsertion 
>> should work.
>
> Ok, I think I've narrowed down the problem. It seems that the 
> interface doesn't go away if you have the card inserted at boot. If I 
> boot without the card and insert it after I have logged in, I'm able 
> to eject/re-insert as much as I want.
>
>> Were you seeing a hang or a panic (a panic is the "you must restart 
>> your computer" screen)?
>
> I was getting a panic at shutdown/reboot (if the interface wasn't 
> going away; same behavior I reported about a month ago).

More randomness. When I initially tried to look for a pattern I noticed 
interface release failures if I booted with the card inserted as stated 
above. If I booted without the card and inserted it after login, I was 
able to eject the card and interface would get released.

Several times since then, I've ejected the card hours after inserting. 
Sometimes the interface is released and other times it is not. I'm 
going to try to narrow it down more if I can. Maybe it has something to 
do with the machine going to sleep also.

Below is a snippet from the system log. I think the line of interest is 
the final line;  "SIOCPROTODETACH_IN6: en1 error=43". I've got no clue 
what error 43 is but from the IN6 in the name I think it has to do with 
IPv6. I'll need a few days but I'll try everything with IPv6 turned 
off.

[ -- begin system.log -- ]

Dec 10 08:25:01 ip87 kernel: PRISMMemoryMappedDevice::UseBAP: offset 
busy retries exceeded (1)
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMDevice::InfoFrameHandler: UseBAP 
failed!
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMMDevice::DTIMHandler()
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMDevice::WriteErrorHandler()
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMDevice::TxExceptionHandler()
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMDevice::TxCompleteHandler()
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMMemoryMappedDevice::UseBAP: offset 
busy retries exceeded (1)
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: PRISMDevice::RxHandler: UseBAP failed!
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOXperts 802.11b Driver: Unknown FID in 
AllocHandler!
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOXperts 802.11b Driver: card ejected
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOPCCard: shutting down socket 0.
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOPCCard: calling terminate on socket 0 
function 0 nub 0x1b7e600.
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOXperts 802.11b Driver: stopping
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOPCCard16Device: releasing socket 0 
function 0 from card services.
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: IOXperts 802.11b Driver: free
Dec 10 08:25:02 ip87 kernel: SIOCPROTODETACH_IN6: en1 error=43

[ -- end system.log -- ]

If possible, could someone from IOXperts contact me directly please. I 
have one detail regarding my setup that I can not discuss in public.

Thanks

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Mohammad A. Haque                              http://www.haque.net/
                                                mhaque at haque.net

   "Alcohol and calculus don't mix.
    Don't drink and derive." --Unknown

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