From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 01:48:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151A216A403 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:48:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98CA143D49 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:48:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 18723 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2006 11:48:20 +1000 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 27 Sep 2006 11:48:20 +1000 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:48:17 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" Message-ID: <20060927114817.1cfc505e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <89ce7f740609260436r41dade3dyc60f330fff66b0ee@mail.gmail.com> References: <89ce7f740609260436r41dade3dyc60f330fff66b0ee@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to load iwi firmware at boot time X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:48:22 -0000 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:36:06 +0300 "Ivan \"Rambius\" Ivanov" wrote: > I have to manually load the firmrare invoking the following commands as root: > # iwicontrol -i iwi0 -d /boot/firmware -m bss > # ifconfig iwi0 up > > Could you please advise me how I can load automatically the firmware > during boot time? loads automatically everything just fine here: running 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #7: Tue Sep 26 09:55:41 EST 2006 here I have iwi and firmware built into the kernel. I also installed the port iwi-firmware-kmod-3.0_1 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Firmware Kernel Module simply doing ifconfig iwi0 up loads everything needed. Works too if adding it to the rc.conf (I prefer not to have it on startup, that's all). _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens." Woody Allen I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.