Subject: kern/24873: wiconfig make NetBSD infinite loop
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: None <kazu@iijlab.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/22/2004 04:47:27
>Number: 24873
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: wiconfig make NetBSD infinite loop
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 22 04:48:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kazu Yamamoto
>Release: NetBSD 1.6ZK
>Organization:
IIJ
>Environment:
NetBSD caster.iij.ad.jp 1.6ZK NetBSD 1.6ZK (GENERIC_LAPTOP) #0: Wed Mar 17 15:12:30 JST 2004 kazu@caster.iij.ad.jp:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_LAPTOP i386
>Description:
I'm using NetBSD complied with GENERIC_LAPTOP. To use wireless of
ThinkPAD X30, I added the following to GENERIC_LAPTOP.
wi* at pci? dev ? function ? # Intersil Prism Mini-PCI (802.11b)
When I type "wiconfig wi0" as a user (not root), NetBSD fails into infinite loop sometime.
I don't know my configuration is related to this bug.
>How-To-Repeat:
Type "wiconfig wi0".
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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