Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:52:41 +0800 From: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IWN performance very bad with 10.0-RC5 Message-ID: <52D37F29.4000607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140112143614.3313f509@X220.alogt.com> References: <CAN6yY1skA-x=-JLf%2BWQ0GJdSmHugqmSX2Um2zWkKB_cULxwsSw@mail.gmail.com> <20140111132338.7a7fc14c@X220.alogt.com> <CAJ-VmokkmAuLCJo01yjMGT-is3ET-pigY6BHhk0pfROQ=UMJcg@mail.gmail.com> <20140111133610.313a4bca@X220.alogt.com> <CAJ-Vmomo=0=6Yc6hQ02uBYfuyYibnYdsCMVOKm91Kxya2LOKwQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140112143614.3313f509@X220.alogt.com>
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On 2014/01/12 14:36, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:45:59 -0800
> Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Please help dig up which change broke it. Even just test out the head
>> iwn code from 6 months ago.
> I came to a very strange result. I have iwn in the kernel since June
> 2012 using 10. I also have had run in the kernel of another machine
> since February 2011. I could not even add runfw to the kernel those
> days running some 8 stable. I kept it that way until now.
This issue was solved by gonzo in r252064.
>
> run was always working. iwn gave problems starting between August and
> November of last year on my access point but still worked on other
> places. I used iwn to connect successfully to another wireless network
> mid November 2013.
>
> After adding the firmware to the kernel for both iwn and run, I could
> compile the kernel and iwn started to work. runfw did not break
> compilation.
>
> I wonder now if the iwn or run could even work without firmware or if
> the firmware was automatically loaded even when iwn or run where
> compiled into the kernel.
run(4) requires a firmware to function. The firmware is automatically
loaded if and only if you compile runfw(4) as module and run(4)
compiled into the kernel.
>
> Erich
Kevin
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