On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Fernando Apesteguía <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:28 PM, peter harrison > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 14:04:46 +0100, Vince Hoffman said: >>> peter harrison wrote: >>> > Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 9:13:41 +0100, Vince Hoffman said: >>> >> Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >>> >>> 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: >>> <snip> >>> >>>>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> In theory you should be able to just >>> >> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwi >>> >> make && make install >>> >> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwifw >>> >> make && make install >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> without rebuilding the entire kernel. I'm just puzzled why they dont >>> >> build by default. >>> > >>> > I'm running a stock 7.0-STABLE with GENERIC and a default make.conf and I >>> > get the iwi modules no problem. I just followed the instructions in the >>> > man page and was up and running in 5 minutes. >>> > >>> > >>> Are you running AMD64? the modules are there on my i386 laptop but not >>> my AMD64 server (I dont use iwi on either though.) >> >> I'm running i386, so that may be the difference. I don't have an AMD64 >> system to check I'm afraid. > > Hi all again, > > I recompiled my kernel and now, the IPW2200BG card seems to be detected. > This is the output of the ifconfig re0 command: > > iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > ether 00:0e:35:fd:aa:0f > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier > ssid ApeWireless channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b) > authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit bmiss 10 > scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11b 7 > roam:rate11b 1 bintval 0 > > > However, neither I can connect to my wireless router, nor I can scan > the frequency. My wireless AP, has a hidden SSID, wep key and DHCP. > Scanning of frequencies shows no results (but there are many wireless > networks around). > > Any ideas?
Hi all again, After some time without touching the computer I decided to have a look at the wireless problem again. It seems I can't load the firmware: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss Both if_ipw and ipw_bss modules are loaded. This very same computer works fine with linux, including loading the firmware. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Thanks in advance. > > > >> >> >> Peter Harrison. >> >>> >>> vince >>> >>> > Peter Harrison >>> > >>> >> >>> >> Vince >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> >>> >>>> regards, >>> >>>> Vince >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> 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]"
