Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:50:40 -0700 (PDT) From: besideinfo <besideinfo@yahoo.com> To: Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> Cc: Andrey <andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com>, Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, sam@freebsd.org, besideinfo <besideinfo@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b Message-ID: <424763.95792.qm@web43138.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CB4C29E849234AC99774B13696045A35@alderaan>
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--- Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> wrote: > From: "besideinfo" <besideinfo@yahoo.com> > > > > --- Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Benjamin Close wrote: > >> > besideinfo wrote: > >> > > --- Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> > >> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >> I don't really understand what you mean > here. > >> Do > >> > >> you mean they do not show > >> > >> up in kldstat at all, or that they do show > up > >> in > >> > >> kldstat but are still > >> > >> "missing" in terms of being attached? > (Both > >> > >> scenarios possible). > >> > >> [..] > >> > >> To besideinfo: > >> > >> In which case you should use kldstat -v to show > all > >> in-kernel modules. > >> This can be a big list, so perhaps best search > for > >> 'missing' ones with: > >> > >> kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan' > >> > >> If they're there then there's no need to load > them > >> in /boot/loader.conf > >> > >> cheers, Ian > >> > > > > As you asked following the output for kldstat -v > | > > egrep 'wpi|wlan' > > > > freebsd-box# kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan' > > 5 5 0xc07c7000 1edf8 wlan.ko > > 4 wlan > > 7 1 0xc07e8000 26414 wpifw.ko > > 5 wpifw_fw > > 8 1 0xc080f000 1b10 wlan_xauth.ko > > 6 wlan_xauth > > 9 1 0xc0811000 2d08 wlan_wep.ko > > 7 wlan_wep > > 10 1 0xc0814000 6d04 wlan_ccmp.ko > > 8 wlan_ccmp > > 11 1 0xc081b000 4000 wlan_tkip.ko > > 9 wlan_tkip > > > > I try to use kldload, and the result make me > believe > > that I'm missing the wpi driver or part of it. > > > > freebsd-box# kldload if_wpi > > kldload: can't load if_wpi: No such file or > directory > > > > freebsd-box# kldload wlan_scan_sta > > kldload: can't load wlan_scan_sta: No such file or > > directory > > > > I'm thinking to reinstall freebsd maybe I did > > something wrong from the beginning. > > > > greetings > > It's becoming pretty clear that the reason you can't > load the wpi module is > because you may be missing some kernel module files > (this is why we asked > what happens if you manually kldload if_wpi). > > Do you see an if_wpi.ko (and the other "missing" > modules) in /boot/kernel/? As I said before the modules if_wpi, wlan_scan_sta and wlan_scan_ap do not exists. I try to locate them but without result. > If not, search for them elsewhere on the system - if > they're in the wrong > directory, move them into /boot/kernel. > > If they're completely missing, I wonder if you > rebuilt a kernel incorrectly, Yes I rebuilt the kernel, and I followed the instruction. I made some changing on the kernel configuration files, but the compilation process was completed without any error. > or anything like that. You don't have to reinstall > FBSD. Just rebuild the > kernel according to the instructions in the FreeBSD > Handbook. Make sure all > the object binaries are cleaned out before you > start. That should rebuild > the modules, too, and when you install the kernel, > it will put them into > /boot/kernel Please Yousif what you mean by "Make sure all the object binaries are cleaned out". If it can help, I can post my configuration file. regards __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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