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Date:      Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:39:59 +0200
From:      Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Martin Wilke <unixfreunde@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Problems iwi load
Message-ID:  <44146AFF.5000107@ebs.gr>
In-Reply-To: <44145EB6.2000702@errno.com>
References:  <20060311142457.09414bd5@mwilke.ath.cx>	<4412D19B.60509@ebs.gr>	<20060311162155.2b343795@mwilke.ath.cx> <4414532F.4000900@ebs.gr> <44145EB6.2000702@errno.com>

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Sam Leffler wrote:
> Panagiotis Astithas wrote:
>> Martin Wilke wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:33:15 +0200
>>> Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Thx and done,
>>>
>>> the new problem after load "if_iwi" is "firmeware_get: faild to load
>>> image iwi-bss". i have firmware form the ports "without iwicontrol"
>>> installed.
>>
>>
>> Are you sure it is iwi-bss and not iwi_bss? The firmware support is 
>> looking for /boot/kernel/iwi_bss.ko IIUC, so if you don't have it, you 
>> should "cd /sys/modules/iwi_fw; make install". The port should not be 
>> necessary any more.
> 
> So far as I can tell the firmware images have not been committed to cvs 
> (nor should they be due to the license) so you still need the port.  It 
> is interesting however that I see a sys/modules/iwifw directory in the 
> cvsweb listing; looks like someone got happy fingers.


My fingers are guilty, too. I'm using mlaier's version of the driver, so 
my advice is patently bogus.

Sorry,

Panagiotis




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