iwx0: device timeout

Hey, im experiencing problems. iwx0: device timeout and internet is down. I have to put card down, kill openvpn and up again. What to do.
https://man.openbsd.org/man4/iwx.4
says this should not happen. But it happens to me.
card:

iwx0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201" rev 0x00, msix
iwx0: hw rev 0x350, fw ver 63.c04f3485.0,address

Thanks for any help.

[jggimi]

There have been changes to the iwx(4) driver since 7.0-release. Are you running 7.0-release? A recent -current snapshot? Or 6.9?

Hey, thanks for reply. Im running 7.0 release.

[jggimi]

You might test a -current snapshot, and see if it resolves the problem. Since downgrades are not supported, you could:

• Install and boot with a spare drive, such as a USB memory stick.
• Test a -current kernel, by downloading and test-booting a -current kernel with your -release system. (example: download the bsd.mp kernel, copy it to your root directory with a different name, such as /marek, and then booting the test kernel at the boot> prompt.

Hey, so i installed snapshots to usb disk, but im experiencing same issue.

[jggimi]

Then you might be having a hardware issue.

[jggimi]

And for clarity, I used the word "might" because the problem may still be software related. There are still complaints (and another possible patch to test) on the bugs@ mailing list:

https://marc.info/?t=163748560300001&r=1&w=2

If your NIC is removable, you might try re-seating it on the motherboard. When I had NIC hardware problems on my laptop, re-seating the NIC helped initially .... though I ended up eventually replacing the NIC. Twice. I'm on my third NIC on this laptop.

Hey, sorry im lame. I dont know how to patch. I know they are doing it:
patch -p1 < /pathtopatch , but nothing more.
Anyway, i know. In my old laptop i replaced card inside, but this laptop, new one is still in guarantee so i dont want to open it. This problem will maybe force me to open it and install ax200 card and dont care about guarantee.

[jggimi]

Building a -current kernel from source begins with obtaining the -current source tree, then applying the patch of interest, then building the kernel. Instructions for obtaining source and building/installing a new kernel are in the first two sections of the release(8) man page.

According to the patch(1) man page, the -p in your example is used to strip paths from the path name directives in the diff(1) file that you are applying, and would be very much dependent on the individual diff(1), the working directory you are in, and the directory structure of the source tree from the working directory. You may not need -p at all. I rarely have a need for it. I usually use -d, as any external diff(1) I'm testing is normally stored outside the source tree. And I start my patch(1) tests with -C to check to ensure the diff(1) will apply correctly, without changing any source in my working source tree.

[Zielonykid123]

I have the same problem and I think it's a bug not a hardware issue. BTW I use AX201 too.

I submitted bug via sendbug to openbsd team, with dmesg + ifconfig with debug enabled. Will see. That patch: https://marc.info/?t=163748560300001&r=1&w=2 didnt help.

[Zielonykid123]

Originally Posted by marek

I submitted bug via sendbug to openbsd team, with dmesg + ifconfig with debug enabled. Will see. That patch: https://marc.info/?t=163748560300001&r=1&w=2 didnt help.

I hope they'll fix the driver

[Zielonykid123]

The iwx(4) driver seems to be working for me correctly, in OpenBSD 7.1. My hardware is AX201.