Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 17:21:48 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter Message-ID: <201310061521.r96FLmxw077281@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:28:43 %2B0200." <201310032128.r93LShdV030701@fire.js.berklix.net>
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I wrote Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:28:43 +0200 > Rui Paulo wrote: > > > > On 2 Oct 2013, at 16:57, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi current@, > > > It seems I need if_urtwn driver for a really miniature WLAN USB stick, > > > & if_urtwn is only in current ? > > > man 4 if_urtwn refers to ports/net/urtwn-firmware-kmod which is missing ? > > > > > > This driver was never merged to FreeBSD 9. > > OK, Thanks for confirmation. > > > > Can you use FreeBSD 10 instead? > > Yes, easier than building from 9.X I guess (& helps test alpha :-). > I'll fetch from local mirror, per > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2013-September/044951.html > > > > The port reference in the man page is wrong. The firmware is now shipped as part of the base system. > > Oh nice, easier :-) I'm happy to report with 10.0-ALPHA4 /boot/loader.conf if_urtwn_load="YES" `ifconfig wlan0 scan` works OK. Thanks :-) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, multipart/alternative.
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