From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 00:22:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 969A416A4DE for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:22:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0102.google.com (wx-out-0102.google.com [66.249.82.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F339143D46 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:22:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id s16so183802wxc for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:22:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=SOj/9or+Xu1Pp47RWGaUdj5/rtoDKG9MRzZxeI+5dE5ujZR51ZQQO2tMg++t5LD06q+E66tP5NCba6lK+O6Gc1DZ2Mit1kE4ImSCXYURdwZksrH2y/gyU9uxprsc3dvWHccob/cgLRCdd9xgMUADS1XFetvAxo+1RUziMc0ycII= Received: by 10.70.132.16 with SMTP id f16mr1471120wxd; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:22:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.16.9 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:22:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:22:02 -0500 From: "Don Wilde" Sender: dwilde1@gmail.com To: "Max Laier" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200607271822.k6RIMHp2097311@crimson.hydrus.org.uk> <200607272244.13115.max@love2party.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0e5938fa3d1b0d00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwi(4) in RELENG_6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:22:03 -0000 On 7/27/06, Don Wilde wrote: > > > > On 7/27/06, Max Laier wrote: > > > > [Please don't top-post] > > > > On Thursday 27 July 2006 21:01, Don Wilde wrote: > > > Yes, I have. I just did another CVSup, and when I recompiled -kmod it > > did > > > indeed put a bunch of .ko files in /build/modules, but a) I still get > > a > > > whole bunch of Can't load firmware complaints, and b) it doesn't work. > > It > > > goes through the DISCOVER process, but doesn't get any offers it > > > recognizes. I've tried this both with an open DHCP and also with my > > > parameters wired in. > > > > > > Hardware notes: Dell 6100 Inspiron with 2200G iwi. I have heard from > > > another gent who has a 2200G pci card and is having the same problem > > with > > > STABLE. > > > > > > This all was working two weeks ago. > > > > Just to get the facts straight and assembled in one place: > > > > You are running a somewhat recent RELENG_6, have net/iwi-firmware-kmod > > installed and "device iwi" and "options firmware" built into your > > kernel? > > > > When do you get the "Can't load firmware" messages? What does kldstat > > [-v] > > say before and after that point? Can you try "kldload iwi_bss" before > > and > > see if that gets you up and running? > > > > > On 7/27/06, Mark Willson wrote: > > > > Have you tried using the firmware from iwi-firmware-kmod, rather > > than > > > > iwi-firmware. I am using the former on a Thinkpad T42 and it is > > working > > > > ok. > > > > Hi, Max - > > I did so, and it appears that the module is already loaded. It seems that > the problems occur because my system is also trying to load the old firmware > somehow. > > A more disturbing issue is that my rc.conf seems to be being read twice. I > see the kldstat reports (with my echo commands) being printed four times > instead of the two I'm requesting. Attached are my rc.conf and dmesg. > Okay, I've gotten it working with all encryption off (raw DHCP). All the nasty messages went away, so I'll see what's changed in the ifconfig options. ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP ssid rewired channel 11 authmode shared weptxkey 1 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890" Can anybody spot it off the top?