Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:05:44 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> To: Rohit Tripathi <rohit.trip@gmail.com> Cc: jt <unk.nown@unix.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [iwn driver] SIOCS80211 error on 4965AGN Message-ID: <48A3AF18.7090708@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <33615c8e0808132050s765a17acu4b4d63a5e3d133a7@mail.gmail.com> References: <33615c8e0808120840l5e6f47b9gaac8f672b5a1af04@mail.gmail.com> <OF5AD0AF9F.CD4322F4-ON852574A3.00570E50-852574A3.00572EF4@jpmchase.com> <9f8af95f0808121236s6c349a3aqb9a696b739ade50a@mail.gmail.com> <33615c8e0808130258h4947f8a2x9032ee8b591c1ae6@mail.gmail.com> <33615c8e0808132050s765a17acu4b4d63a5e3d133a7@mail.gmail.com>
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Rohit Tripathi wrote:
>> Yes, I'm running current and have compiled both GENERIC for amd64 and
>> a custom kernel with debugging disabled and iwn driver built in but
>> neither worked. I have also followed instructions in both
>> networking-wireless.html and the above entry.
>>
>> Putting the line
>>
>> wlans_iwn0=wlan0
>>
>>
>
> I tried something else today....manually build and install iwn
> firmware from sys/modules/iwn, checked that loader.conf has the line
> legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1, the device is recognized as iwn0 but I
> tried to set both wlans_iwn0 and wlans_ath0 to wlan0, but still no
> luck :( Can someone provide the actual command that is used to create
> wlan0 alias?
>
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0
ifconfig iwn0 up
dhclient iwn0
> Another difference I noticed between 7.0 release and current: my
> Symbol spectrum 24 card was detected correctly under 7.0 as the
> interface wi0, but under current (after enabling firmware option for
> symbol) it is not.
>
>
wi no longer supports symbol cards. Folks are welcome to add support.
Sam
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