Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:41:59 -0600 From: Edward Shabotinsky <evs@telod.net> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd 7 + intel wireless 3945bg Message-ID: <4D2A2034-64EA-4DBA-B0A8-9EA0261C1EFA@telod.net> In-Reply-To: <1204804387.2126.240.camel@localhost> References: <BLU120-W45F8F78A8D1FD39E169BDADE120@phx.gbl> <1204804387.2126.240.camel@localhost>
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Hi, compile kernel with 'wpi' support On Mar 6, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 13:06 +0200, Ivan Vanney wrote: >> Do you know how can I install the wireless card intel 3945bg in >> fbsd 7?, thnx. >> > > 7.0 already has the driver for intel 3945bg, although it is very new > and > may contain some bugs. ``ifconfig wpi0 up'' should load it, but you > will > need to acknowledge the license as well by setting the kernel > environment variable legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1. man 4 wpi for full > details. > > To do this permanently > ``echo legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 >>/boot/loader.conf'' > or to do it temporarily do > ``kenv legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1'' > > If it doesn't load, check /var/log/messages for why. > > Cheers > > Tom
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