Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:38:33 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [regression] The USB WiFi card stopped working: if_run doesn't create the 'run0' interface any more Message-ID: <83624f27-797d-6557-3f7e-8beac57c7d38@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <b072c7c7-dbaa-f2e7-9c09-a9cc78465180@rawbw.com> References: <750df9db-ac02-a691-d091-7c34fe5ddb22@rawbw.com> <b072c7c7-dbaa-f2e7-9c09-a9cc78465180@rawbw.com>
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On 07/12/2018 12:25, Yuri wrote: > On 07/03/18 12:45, Yuri wrote: >> I updated the laptop to r335884 last night, and 'service >> wpa_supplicant start wlan0' doesn't succeed any more. >> >> kernel is supposed to create the network interface 'run0', but it >> doesn't. This is the immediate reason why wpa_supplicant fails. >> >> The non-creation of 'run0' is a regression. I don't know of any >> workaround. >> >> >> The steps 'mergemaster -p' and 'mergemaster' were done during the >> upgrade, so /etc is updated. > > > Bug report for this problem: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229738 > > This is a very serious regression breaking WiFi. > sorry if i missed something (don't see details in the bug report) - is the issue that the run(4) kernel module is not being loaded? is there an error when the system attempts to load the kernel module in the dmesg buffer? if it is not being loaded automagically what happens when you manually load the module via "kldload" or by updating rc.conf? -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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