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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