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Date:      Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:20:58 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        Pat <pkugrinas@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <wireless@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete (Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG)
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That "null" firmware is a bit odd. I unfortunately don't have an iwi NIC to
test against, sorry :(


-adrian



On 28 August 2013 01:21, Pat <pkugrinas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> (this is a repost from forums as one of the developers suggested I
> report this issue here)
>
> Freshly installed FreeBSD 9.2-RC3 today on Acer TravelMate 3000,
> having trouble setting up WiFi. Having read the iwi(4) I have these
> entries in /boot/loader.conf:
>
> if_iwi_load="YES"
> iwi_bss_load="YES"
> iwi_ibss_load="YES"
> iwi_monitor_load="YES"
> legal.intel_iwi.license_ack="1"
>
> kldstat shows that the selected modules have been loaded. However when
> doing ifconfig iwi0 up scan it yields this:
>
> iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
> iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
>
> I've switching radio on/off, no result. No other changes have been
> made to the system after freshly installing it off the memory stick.
>
> Same results with 9.1-RELEASE:
>
> root@:/root # ifconfig iwi0 up scan
> iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete
> iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null)
>
> Driver works just fine on OpenBSD however (judging from the manual it
> seems to originate from the same code base).
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