From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 08:33:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BDF010656BC for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 08:33:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3638FC14 for ; Wed, 21 May 2008 08:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from prawn.unsane.co.uk (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m4L8XB5t009750 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 21 May 2008 09:33:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4833DE5B.5070803@unsane.co.uk> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 09:33:31 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080514) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= References: <1bd550a00805201417n3ed9f7f8p9ac8524051635985@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00805201417n3ed9f7f8p9ac8524051635985@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: ipw2200 freebsd 7 firmware problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:33:34 -0000 Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an ipw2200 bg. I can't make it work under FreeBSD 7 on AMD64. > > This is the output of pciconf -lv > > none0@pci0:0:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x27028086 chip=0x42208086 > rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = 'MPCI3B driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG' > class = network > > dmesg shows the following: > > pci0: at device 5.0 (no driver attached) > > I tried to instal the iwi-firmware from ports: > Have you read the manpage for iwi? no ports are needed the firmware is now in the base system, Just add the entries as specified in this snippet from man iwi Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in loader.conf(5): if_iwi_load="YES" wlan_load="YES" firmware_load="YES" In both cases, place the following lines in loader.conf(5) to load the firmware modules: iwi_bss_load="YES" iwi_ibss_load="YES" iwi_monitor_load="YES" and This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. For the loaded firmware to work the license at /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE must be agreed to and the follow-ing line be added to loader.conf(5): legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 regards, Vince > ===> iwi-firmware-2.4_8 is configured with iwicontrol(8) which you > don't need, use 'make rmconfig' and uncheck CONTROL. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware. > > I tried the suggested workaround, but I got: > > ===> No user-specified options configured for iwi-firmware-2.4_8 > > I tried with pkg_add -r iwi-firmware-2.4_8 and I got > > Error: FTP Unable to get > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.0-release/Latest/iwi-firmware-2.4_8.tbz: > File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) > pkg_add: unable to fetch > 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.0-release/Latest/iwi-firmware-2.4_8.tbz' > by URL > > My ports are up to date (cvsup.de.FreeBSD.org) > > So... How can I make the wireless card work? > > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"