From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 18:34:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F0716A469 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:34:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6789013C43E for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:34:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so4855862fgg.35 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:34:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=euuFTvI3oxrbGPC95tT98YmTxdbAnDF7u47AhXIrjOM=; b=F52QjNPyyHj+pYIu/IyZNgm3tlxo2GdjCsv+ezafOwLHubMUKwzrrvefrhCXo2DeNxTZ0rbwOX4qKg6mqiuMq+2MQeJugRnmFLdzd4Z2a3nK8LXuoBkHCKiOgq9w9ZYVjiJ42qBkSDTVFkf7GeprZ7LyX0A/wRX91ekE2YBgyTs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SYGgWBHpgXnWCHb+Gn0cWnlyIdkQ/rxgv93umHnWmc3oeIaYhaxjr2nNUi+Aot+w6bLbXAh0V6LZYOlHH9mm2j86i4jtuWFOCCZq36k629CW6TGzBAR0o8MU14JHw1jdAtrmfXLdOqYeaYlp3yTtwMAzmg/rtVcg+lI7YDXzT3k= Received: by 10.86.66.1 with SMTP id o1mr19246461fga.36.1199644441034; Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:34:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.3.20 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:34:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <790a9fff0801061034x79c6eec0sc6220247b3cb76fd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:34:00 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" To: Darran In-Reply-To: <003401c85059$581790f0$6501a8c0@Vostro> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <319b588b0801060139m5e99e857of3a8f44ab3d2e078@mail.gmail.com> <003401c85059$581790f0$6501a8c0@Vostro> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hung laptop now will not boot 7.0-RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:34:03 -0000 On 1/6/08, Darran wrote: > Hello all, > > I downloaded, burnt and installed 7.0-RC1 (all torrent) on amd64 > I downloaded the dell windows drivers for my laptop wireless card (which > worked on i3686 6.2-RELEASE) and used ndisgen to create the .ko file > (bcmwl5_sys.ko) and loaded it and then realised I had created the 32 bit > driver so I re-did it and used the 64 bit file and loaded the 64bit .ko and > at that point my laptop (Dell Vostro 1000) hung. > I had put bcmwl5_sys_load="YES" in the loader.conf file > I rebooted and now I don't get anything. As soon as it starts to boot it > stops. > There is a screen showing kernel dump info and I can copy it if needed but I > have to burn the rescue iso otherwise I cant boot. > > Is this a known problem ? > Does anyone have any advice ? > If you have bcmwl5_sys_load in your loader.conf, this is causing the 32bit driver to load at boot, bcmwl563_sys_load needs to be placed in loader.conf for the 64 bit driver. To boot your system without the rescue CD, at the boot menu choose "Escape to loader prompt". Then use "unload" to unload all modules, and "unset bcmwl5_sys" to disable loading of the bcmwl5_sys module. Finally, use "boot" to continue booting. When the system has finished booting, check /boot/loader.conf, does it have bcmwl5_sys_load or bcmwl564_sys_load? Also check that you placed the 64bit driver in your module path, and removed the 32bit driver from the module path. Scot