From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 30 00:33:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300C9106566C for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160AE8FC14 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:33:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7U0XIE9009283 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:33:19 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id D744B1CC09; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:33:18 -0700 (PDT) To: Michael Ekstrand In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:44 CDT." Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:33:18 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090830003318.D744B1CC09@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-08-27_08:2009-08-26, 2009-08-27, 2009-08-29 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0907200000 definitions=main-0908290177 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:33:22 -0000 > From: Michael Ekstrand > 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