Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:53:19 -0500 From: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Wireless setup FreeBSD-6.1 and fwe0 Message-ID: <200610201853.19948.lane@joeandlane.com>
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Hi! I'm running FreeBSD 6.1 on a Dell Inspiron 6400 which is configured to dual boot into Windows XP-Pro. I just got this laptop today, but I've been using Freebsd since 3.4, or earlier. When I boot into Windows I am able to access my Linksys wireless router. There is another secured wireless network nearby, and that may make a difference if you read between the lines at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html My problem is that I can't get the wireless network to function in Freebsd. Here's ifconfig -a bfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> inet6 fe80::215:c5ff:feb8:39e%bfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 172.16.1.42 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255 ether 00:15:c5:b8:03:9e media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active fwe0: flags=108902<BROADCAST,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,NEEDSGIANT> mtu 1500 options=8<VLAN_MTU> inet6 fe80::304f:c0ff:fe9c:7541%fwe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff0000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255 ether 32:4f:c0:9c:75:41 ch 1 dma -1 lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 I've googled a similar issue here: http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/browse_frm/thread/d68ec8e94a4d45f9/c513bc5b1afe7517?lnk=st&q=fwe0+needsgiant&rnum=3#c513bc5b1afe7517 But didn't get a resolution. The google post refers to ugen and to ural, but that looks more like an argument between different posters, rather than an answer to the original question. I have NOT modified /boot/loader.conf, but I have tried the instructions in the handbook using kldload .. to no avail dmesg has a peculiar entry: fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant the rest of it follows. The clue, I think, is that in ifconfig fwe0 NEEDSGIANT and in dmesg, if_start is deferred for Giant. Who is this giant? How do I slay him? Based upon the google post, I am suspicious that fwe0 may not, in fact, be the actual interface. But again, that post is suspect. So I'm not sure where to go next (thank the devil for questions@freebsd.org)! Thanks, lane Copyright (c) 1992-2006 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 6.1-SCANDB-2006-09-20 #0: Thu Sep 21 07:30:59 UTC 2006 root@bsd.localnet.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz (1662.51-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6e8 Stepping = 8 Features=0xbfe9fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Features2=0xc189<SSE3,MON,EST,TM2,<b14>,<b15>> AMD Features=0x100000<NX> Cores per package: 2 real memory = 1064120320 (1014 MB) avail memory = 1032196096 (984 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <DELL M07 > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2 ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: <DELL M07 > on motherboard Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0 cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_throttle1: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu1 acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6 acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0 battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0 acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 pci0: <display, VGA> at device 2.0 (no driver attached) pci0: <display> at device 2.1 (no driver attached) pci0: <multimedia> at device 27.0 (no driver attached) pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.0 on pci0 pci11: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 pci11: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.3 on pci0 pci12: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xbf80-0xbf9f irq 20 at device 29.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xbf60-0xbf7f irq 21 at device 29.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xbf40-0xbf5f irq 22 at device 29.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb2: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xbf20-0xbf3f irq 23 at device 29.3 on pci0 uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb3: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci3 usb3: USB revision 1.0 uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0: <Intel 82801GB/R (ICH7) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xffa80000-0xffa803ff irq 20 at device 29.7 on pci0 ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb4: EHCI version 1.0 usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4: <Intel 82801GB/R (ICH7) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb4: USB revision 2.0 uhub4: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xdf9fe000-0xdf9fffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0 bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> on miibus0 bmtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:15:c5:b8:03:9e fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem 0xdf9fd800-0xdf9fdfff irq 19 at device 1.0 on pci3 fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4. fwohci0: EUI64 32:4f:c0:00:27:9c:75:41 fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0 fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 32:4f:c0:9c:75:41 fwe0: Ethernet address: 32:4f:c0:9c:75:41 fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0 fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.1 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.2 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.3 (no driver attached) pci3: <base peripheral> at device 1.4 (no driver attached) isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <GENERIC ATA controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xbfa0-0xbfaf irq 17 at device 31.2 on pci0 ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64,0x62,0x66 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xce7ff,0xce800-0xcffff on isa0 ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 8250 or not responding sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ad0: 74881MB <SAMSUNG HM080II YE100-15> at ata0-master UDMA33 acd0: DVDR <TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632D/DE03> at ata1-master UDMA33 SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
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