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From: Oliver Peter <lists@peter.de.com>
To: AN <andy@neu.net>
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Subject: Re: iwi config help
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:29:05AM +0000, AN wrote:
> I'm trying to configure a wireless adapter on an IBM Thinkpad R51, and 
> need some help.  I followed the iwi man page, but the card is not 
> recognized.  I have the following in /boot/loader.conf:
> cat /boot/loader.conf
> 
> if_iwi_load="YES"
> wlan_load="YES"
> firmware_load="YES"
> loader_logo=beastie
> snd_ich_load="YES"
> 
> kldstat shows:
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>   1   18 0xc0400000 7c7990   kernel
>   2    1 0xc0bc8000 e6e4     if_iwi.ko
>   3    2 0xc0bd7000 2f9c     firmware.ko
>   4    1 0xc0bda000 6994     snd_ich.ko
>   5    2 0xc0be1000 239e8    sound.ko
>   6    1 0xc0c05000 5c838    acpi.ko
>   7    1 0xc5547000 19000    linux.ko
>   8    1 0xc5706000 1e000    radeon.ko
>   9    1 0xc5724000 e000     drm.ko
> 
>   pkg_info | grep iwi
> iwi-firmware-kmod-3.0_3 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Firmware Kernel Module

Which version of FreeBSD are you running?

Since 7.0-RELEASE, iwi-firmware is included in the base system,
but you need to set the correct kernel environment variable
to accept the license:

   http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwi&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html

-- 
Oliver PETER, email: oliver@peter.de.com, ICQ# 113969174
"If it feels good, you're doing something wrong."
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