From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 23:35:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB40B106564A for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from besideinfo@yahoo.com) Received: from n69.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (n69.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [98.136.44.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0C5A8FC0C for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from besideinfo@yahoo.com) Received: from [216.252.122.219] by n69.bullet.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 -0000 Received: from [69.147.84.114] by t4.bullet.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp203.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-5 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 374200.22943.bm@omp203.mail.sp1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 61093 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=EoBB2BarZ0TjBBEt7f1W/SvxmVCGhnad0PCxv40oVbRPYcpPBU0LMdJtQTSiDD2AomkOzKjXPUWizjVkh7fVAU5aX4fbXzwOHcNQYO3+MPRli+nY/PYj0WcLlp3dKc7tCEWP22NvAlx3TNp8fDlxVbztwEUln7xERmdErJV76Wk=; X-YMail-OSG: e5ajRfAVM1lXtaHSluJcAX7V7j61zwk3RwpATQjR Received: from [151.92.176.5] by web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:10 PDT Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:35:10 -0700 (PDT) From: besideinfo To: Benjamin Close In-Reply-To: <47FE985E.5080400@clearchain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <144605.60321.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Cc: Andrey , sam@freebsd.org, Yousif Hassan , Ian Smith , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:35:11 -0000 --- Benjamin Close wrote: > besideinfo wrote: > > --- Ian Smith wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hmm. On re-reading the whole thread I notice > that > >> you didn't show what > >> Andrey asked about, and while I don't know if it > >> should actually affect > >> the module loading, it's said that you need this > in > >> your loader.conf: > >> > >> : Also make sure if license acknowledge variable > is > >> set (use kenv on > >> : this purpose): > >> : # kenv | grep 'wpi' > >> : legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1" > >> > >> Otherwise it does look like your 6.3 install is > >> missing something. > >> > >> cheers, Ian > >> > >> (Sam, sorry if I complicated matters, but many > new > >> users don't know > >> about using 'kldstat -v' to check modules, in my > >> humble experience) > >> > >> > > > > At this point I believe it is better to summarize > all > > I have done so far. > > > > I rebuilt my kernel the same day I installed > freeBSD. > > I followed the instructions on the handbook, and > all > > process was successfully completed. > > > > Later, I realized that the wireless card wasn't > > working, and after some posts I found out(with > your > > help) ath0 wasn't suitable for the wireless card. > > > > Because of that I decided to "rebuild again" the > > kenel, but this time I removed all wireless > devices > > from the configuration file and used the > > /boot/conf.loader so configurated: > > > > #hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" > > > > firmware_load="YES" > > if_wpi_load="YES" > > wlan_load="YES" > > wlan_amrr_load="YES" > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > wpifw_load="YES" > > wlan_xauth_load="YES" > > wlan_wep_load="YES" > > wlan_ccmp_load="YES" > > wlan_tkip_load="YES" > > wlan_scan_sta_load="YES" > > wlan_scan_ap_load="YES" > > > > #Intel HDA Audio > > snd_hda_load="YES" > > > > After reboot I the freebsd still wasn't able to > "see" > > the wireless card. Following there are the result > of > > parts of the tests you asked me to do: > > ---------------- > > freebsd-box# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945 > > none2@pci16:0:0: class=0x028000 > card=0x135c103c > > chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > > device = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless > LAN > > controller' > > class = network > > ------------------- > > 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 > > -------------------- > > freebsd-box# kenv | grep 'wpi' > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1" > > -------------------- > > freebsd-box# ifconfig -v wpi0 > > ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist > > -------------------- > > > > > The problem you are facing is caused by the driver > module not being loaded > You should have a file: if_wpi.ko when you run > kldstat -v > Because that module is not loaded you won't see the > wpi0 interface. > > In previous email you stated that you don't have > /boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko > That seems very wrong, as the driver should be built > as part of a kernel > build. > The quick fix for your problem is: > > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/wpi > make > make install > > That should provide you with the module you need. > Why it was not built in the first place on your > system I've got no idea. > > Cheers, > Benjamin > Benjamin the path "" dcd /usr/src/sys/modules/wpioesn't exist, and I don't know why. Maybe when I install freebsd I did something wrong. Should I use sysinstall to get the missing files? greetings __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com