From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 23:19:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F218106566B for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:19:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net [203.16.214.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACA58FC0A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:19:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiUFAL6X+0d5LW4Y/2dsb2JhbACBXKsz X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,625,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="78327310" Received: from ppp121-45-110-24.lns10.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO mail.clearchain.com) ([121.45.110.24]) by ipmail01.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2008 08:49:43 +0930 Received: from [192.168.155.54] (taurus.internal.clearchain.com [192.168.155.54]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m38NJ1tF086381 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:49:01 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <47FBFD8D.50501@clearchain.com> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:49:41 +0930 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: besideinfo References: <36787.26104.qm@web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <36787.26104.qm@web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on pegasus.clearchain.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.clearchain.com [192.168.154.1]); Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:49:02 +0930 (CST) Cc: Andrey , Yousif Hassan , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:19:46 -0000 besideinfo wrote: > --- Yousif Hassan wrote: > > >> I don't really understand what you mean here. Do >> you mean they do not show >> up in kldstat at all, or that they do show up in >> kldstat but are still >> "missing" in terms of being attached? (Both >> scenarios possible). >> >> I'm not sure if it'll matter - my pciconf is ever so >> slightly different: >> class=0x028000 card=0x135b103c chip=0x42228086 >> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 >> ^ >> I have b instead of c but I doubt this matters, >> however only a developer of >> wpi could answer definitively. >> It sounds like it could be because the modules are >> failing to load - which >> may *not* be a problem with the wireless card >> itself, but something else. >> If they *are* loading, but the device is not >> attaching, then the problem >> could be related to some hardware in your system. >> >> Did you try manually loading the if_wpi.ko module? >> What error do you get? >> There have been some bugs reported with certain PCI >> implementations that >> cause wpi not to attach, but I haven't (personally) >> seen any bad reports for >> HPs. My HP works, although it's a later model than >> yours. In those cases, >> the kernel module loads but doesn't attach. >> >> (Also, try not to top-post, it makes tracking the >> current spot in the >> conversation harder for new people coming into the >> thread who may want to >> help you.) >> >> --Yousif >> >> >> > Sorry my previous post was incomplete. > > what I mean is that the five modules are declared in > the loader.conf, but kldstat doesn't show them up. > > I tried to locate the five module using the locate > command, but the only modules presents on my notebook > are wlan_amrr.ko and wpifw.ko. > The modules if_wpi, wlan_scan_sta and wlan_scan_ap do > not exists. > > I forgot to say that this the first time I use freeBSD > a mailing list and above my english is bad. So any > advice are well accept. > > Some modules will not load as they are built into the kernel by default. Are you able to post the results of: ifconfig -v wpi0 a: dmesg |grep wpi would help after you boot verbosely (an option when FreeBSD starts) Cheers, Benjamin