From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 14 21:55:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168D7106566B for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:55:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jessefrgsmith@yahoo.ca) Received: from nm1-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm1-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.91.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB54F8FC0A for ; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:55:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.48] by nm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Mar 2011 21:40:40 -0000 Received: from [98.138.87.9] by tm1.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Mar 2011 21:40:39 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1009.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Mar 2011 21:40:39 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 686574.72846.bm@omp1009.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 31848 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2011 21:40:39 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=DKIM-Signature:Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Subject:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=UXeruje3N5ZaTZqbYII1dOXHs4gmQoDFiWwqyTiqaz0rbWE5/YeI32qVJkr9ZA90HKUJx6qFJ8G84xqwRhxRR1m7cjKKNpuOe1DYwijLzlQjpglzPjXoSPsm8mWSNezJqvwZVyGAUh5pSRHXMl8Y/Zg3PtyeOdCNi/cUVxEID0g= ; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1300138839; bh=9PXh3CM7gZervQrn4f+9ByTLAbN5b9reyn6NHJrJMcs=; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Subject:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-ID:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=IwfHsBzBBRkdQ8RjRc7QKdU0PWniBDxpNFEtMKKB/LJp6EPPym2pmNLyNIZlqmVD1H++kEHVnjlg9NrOQzyJeS/bAO40DQKItAT77xEtL3mriOeMJ3CnNnQ3wmXUlDWPjFnHVdy8ut+9njpPXdgRB6N3mfjE+yd8U34W7HsbpsA= Received: from [192.168.0.104] (jessefrgsmith@24.137.101.247 with plain) by smtp141.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Mar 2011 14:40:39 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: NPm1JouswBClX_uJxHJINmnKUpROdMKvLL0- X-YMail-OSG: RNj7AqUVM1lut.sbsfiXsDx6Ar3BU.3vDk.rWS2_Dd3qNx_ WD6t_B1v8Lpc2TtE8K9.dv4Y1jTermCCWI0OQ8bIxJ10m31XKKJAtUlhoJHP sXznEgbuX9I4TMDxMvUhfZRk0.F9AzMc1otLvn55G0Mh_rBy.QEoEBQ6lJ1m pbJR9H1sIj.Jfjn5Bv2plcCx3n.F9rjXREcMybAZ..gqhw_NvAZKUpz3jzEe 0mEPI3VPAPVk9EWfRTyRAiQGDAR9USXsyR4X8cjfJACk3Bfu5LJqe41rcudt 8Bcur1xhVEyatXK4bqFs.v6tuse6D44vk3w-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Jesse Smith To: freebsd-drivers In-Reply-To: <4D7E7D53.9090106@unsane.co.uk> References: <1300130444.2334.75.camel@hp-laptop> <4D7E7D53.9090106@unsane.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:40:06 -0300 Message-ID: <1300138806.2117.5.camel@hp-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Drivers and firmware for an Intel WiFi 1000 series network card X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:55:45 -0000 On 14/03/2011 19:20, Jesse Smith wrote: > Good-day, > > I hope this is the right list to bring this up. I'm new to FreeBSD and > I'm trying to get the OS running on my laptop. Everything seems to work > okay, except for my wireless card. It's an Intel WiFi 1000 series. > > >From what I've read, most open source OSes don't include the firmware > for this device. I'm curious if > > A) FreeBSD has the drivers/firmware for this card? > B) If not, is there anything I can do to help get the required > driver/firmware? > > Hi, > I believe this uses the iwn driver, the manpage indicates that you would > want to > kldload iwn1000fw > then > kldload if_iwn > > The manpage lists how to make this persistent on boot. > Vince Vince, Thank you for the quick reply. This seems to put me on the right track. I loaded the files you suggested and my wireless card now shows up in the output from ifconfig. I'm thinking this is a good sign. Unfortunately when I bring up the interface and scan for networks with it, it doesn't find my wireless LAN. I also notice the light on my laptop indicating the wireless device is working hasn't come on. I'm thinking maybe the driver is loaded, but not the firmware? At least based off my experience with Linux, that's my assumption. Where should I go to trouble-shoot this? Thank you again, Jesse