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Try to read the station address twice during the probe. I've seen

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a LinkSys card here in the office where reading the station address
fails the first time, but works find afterwards. Without this, the
probe fails. I don't think this will negatively impact any existing
cards, but I want to confirm this before MFC'ing.
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wpaul 2001-05-10 17:17:24 +00:00
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sys/dev/wi/if_wi.c
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@ -426,9 +426,15 @@ wi_generic_attach(device_t dev)
/* Reset the NIC. */
wi_reset(sc);
/* Read the station address. */
/*
* Read the station address.
* And do it twice. I've seen PRISM-based cards that return
* an error when trying to read it the first time, which causes
* the probe to fail.
*/
mac.wi_type = WI_RID_MAC_NODE;
mac.wi_len = 4;
wi_read_record(sc, (struct wi_ltv_gen *)&mac));
if ((error = wi_read_record(sc, (struct wi_ltv_gen *)&mac)) != 0) {
device_printf(dev, "mac read failed %d\n", error);
wi_free(dev);