On 5/22/08, Vince Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Vince Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I have an ipw2200 bg. I can't make it work under FreeBSD 7 on AMD64. > > > > > > > > This is the output of pciconf -lv > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x27028086 > > > > chip=0x42208086 > > > > rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 > > > > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > > > > device = 'MPCI3B driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG' > > > > class = network > > > > > > > > dmesg shows the following: > > > > > > > > pci0: <network> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) > > > > > > > > I tried to instal the iwi-firmware from ports: > > > > > > > > > > > Have you read the manpage for iwi? > > > > > > > No, I tried with iwi-firmware and iwicontrol and none of them existed. > > > > > > > no ports are needed the firmware is now in the base system, Just add the > > > entries as specified in this snippet from man iwi > > > > > > > So... shouldn't this port be removed? > > > > > > I'm pretty sure that things changed between 6.x and 7.x, I'd imagine the > port is needed for <7.x > > > > > > Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the > > > following lines in loader.conf(5): > > > > > > if_iwi_load="YES" > > > wlan_load="YES" > > > firmware_load="YES" > > > > > > In both cases, place the following lines in loader.conf(5) to load > the > > > firmware modules: > > > > > > iwi_bss_load="YES" > > > iwi_ibss_load="YES" > > > iwi_monitor_load="YES" > > > > > > and > > > > > > This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. For > > > the loaded firmware to work the license at > > > /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE must be > agreed to and the > > > follow-ing line be added to loader.conf(5): > > > > > > legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > > > > > > > > > > I'll try it. But AFAIK, I have to recompile the kernel cause the > > "device iwi" line is missing. > > > > Am i right? > > > > > I think they should all be loadable as modules if they arent in generic. > > To try without rebooting I believe the commands you want are: > kenv legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > kldload if_iwi > kldload wlan > kldload firmware > kldload iwi_bss > kldload iwi_ibss > kldload iwi_monitor > > However, I just had a look in my /boot/kernel for the if_iwi module and its > not there so you may be correct. (I'm a touch supprised as the do exist on > my i386 box)
The same on my machine. The line is not in GENERIC and that modules don't exist. I will recompile my module as soon as I have some spare time. Thanks for your help. Best Regards > > > regards, > Vince > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > regards, > > > Vince > > > > > > > ===> iwi-firmware-2.4_8 is configured with iwicontrol(8) which you > > > > don't need, use 'make rmconfig' and uncheck CONTROL. > > > > *** Error code 1 > > > > > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware. > > > > > > > > I tried the suggested workaround, but I got: > > > > > > > > ===> No user-specified options configured for iwi-firmware-2.4_8 > > > > > > > > I tried with pkg_add -r iwi-firmware-2.4_8 and I got > > > > > > > > Error: FTP Unable to get > > > > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.0-release/Latest/iwi-firmware-2.4_8.tbz: > > > > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > > > > pkg_add: unable to fetch > > > > > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.0-release/Latest/iwi-firmware-2.4_8.tbz' > > > > by URL > > > > > > > > My ports are up to date (cvsup.de.FreeBSD.org) > > > > > > > > So... How can I make the wireless card work? > > > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
