Re: kern/44144 (ifconfig causes assertion failure in vfs_lookup.c)

[Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/44144; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alan Barrett <apb%cequrux.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/44144 (ifconfig causes assertion failure in vfs_lookup.c)
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:06:19 +0200

 On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > please try firmload.c 1.16
 
 Now I get "ERROR: wpi0: could not read firmware file" on the console
 (printed by line 1150 of if_wpi.c), and the system enters ddb.
 
 I have /usr/pkg/libdata/if_wpi/iwlwifi-3945.ucode but, because
 this was a new kernel with an old userland, I do not have
 /libdata/firmware/if_wpi/iwlwifi-3945.ucode.
 
 Instead of entering ddb, I think the system should return the error in a
 way that allows userland to print a sensible message.
 
 --apb (Alan Barrett)