From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 17:30:51 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 B4565106564A for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E638FC08 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so953347yxb.13 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:30:50 -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=g6Ap+NYVP6zth0OkzlOiAtx8AXVMv9mcQjRZq7lKYEI=; b=bwVPvJo2OG4dqW4M1qZcDzGwD3le8qk3HkKIjhhgoJ1JtCGA71szxBRBShf2QEiD8/ 3dMz8DgBuTlcjfh4/X2dZ8MOgaa2kVGe/yi6YUSC5pCvr6EIr+jRouJ9og45+EKqGPz+ +v19tZABcDWoi8ZeZBI9Dwl7GS93r2Wpm7uxc= 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=sm+ZuI6x7tBl1bfsBnr4EBznLGzp1rIo1r4xbMasl5Cb6C7u6WEqR07sKnLkevQsio uP0qtff3232i8GhNPz2BoOqKzNZbbnmvhpy67Lf+/wSVurvt+w9G2ZL4D35l6gFkQNuO XHrnlc8YWtlV9p0HWRpOoaVEXkHY2BzxTxmoM= Received: by 10.231.38.1 with SMTP id z1mr2931ibd.33.1225733450178; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:30:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.11.72 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:30:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a142e750811030930j7916137drfe0c72dc4dfd873a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 18:30:50 +0100 From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: "Eygene Ryabinkin" In-Reply-To: <3q3LHpRtXrg+xqcqNOM7j33dNpE@Nxyl89WskzuM4RJ7pF/cdJZbOMo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <490DD114.3000901@math.missouri.edu> <3q3LHpRtXrg+xqcqNOM7j33dNpE@Nxyl89WskzuM4RJ7pF/cdJZbOMo> Cc: kerneljack@kerneljack.com, Stephen Montgomery-Smith , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems configuring wireless using iwi 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: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:30:51 -0000 On 11/3/08, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:22:12AM +0000, Khusro Jaleel wrote: >> Am I supposed to download the firmware from somewhere or not? > > It should be built as a kernel module. In 7.x it is already included > to the base system, so there is no need for the port. > > As written in iwi(4), include the following devices to the kernel > configuration, > ----- > device iwi > device pci > device wlan > device firmware > ----- > and make sure that the iwifw module is built. If you have no > 'makeoptions MODULES_OVERRIDE=""' directives in the kernel > configuration, then you should already have the module. If not, add the > 'iwifw' to the MODULES_OVERRIDE contents. The actual module should be > in the /boot/kernel, named iwifw.ko. OP is using CURRENT where iwifw.ko is split in several files. It is not required to build custom kernel just to have iwi support. > Your error messages indicate that you likely have no /boot/kernel/iwifw.ko. > Of course, your actual mileage may vary. > > For the custom kernels, make sure that you have some 802.11 stuff > included: > ----- > device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support > device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support > device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support > ----- > The actual devices depend on your needs, but it is safe to include them > all -- you can never know what encryption you'll be using. > -- More debug output from iwi would be more useful. Something like: # sysctl dev.iwi.0.debug=1