Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:33:18 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61 Message-ID: <20090830003318.D744B1CC09@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:44 CDT." <h7bpo3$jep$1@ger.gmane.org>
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> From: Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net> > Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:44 -0500 > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > I was trying today to get 8.0-BETA3 amd64 usable on my laptop (Thinkpad > R61, Intel 4965 wireless chipset) and so far have had no success. iwnfw > and if_iwn load without errors, but when I do > > # ifconfig iwn0 list caps > > it fails with "invalid argument." Similarly, wpa_supplicant cannot > initialize the interface (again reporting invalid argument). `ifconfig > iwn0 up scan` also fails, complaining that it cannot get the scan results Looks like you need to read /usr/src/UPDATING or the iwn(4) man page. In 8.0, wireless requires a rather different setup. You need to create a wlan device and configure that interface. The man page has examples, but the basic command would be: ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0 -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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