Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 23:31:55 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: "Vince Hoffman" <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ipw2200 freebsd 7 firmware problem Message-ID: <1bd550a00805211431k1d9d5674v747d49d6c661c232@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4833DE5B.5070803@unsane.co.uk> References: <1bd550a00805201417n3ed9f7f8p9ac8524051635985@mail.gmail.com> <4833DE5B.5070803@unsane.co.uk>
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> wrote: > > Fernando Apestegu=EDa 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=3D0x028000 card=3D0x27028086 chip=3D0x4220= 8086 >> rev=3D0x05 hdr=3D0x00 >> vendor =3D 'Intel Corporation' >> device =3D 'MPCI3B driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG' >> class =3D network >> >> dmesg shows the following: >> >> pci0: <network> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) >> >> I tried to instal the iwi-firmware from ports: >> > > Have you read the manpage for iwi? No, I tried with iwi-firmware and iwicontrol and none of them existed. > no ports are needed the firmware is now in the base system, Just add the > entries as specified in this snippet from man iwi So... shouldn't this port be removed? > > Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the > following lines in loader.conf(5): > > if_iwi_load=3D"YES" > wlan_load=3D"YES" > firmware_load=3D"YES" > > In both cases, place the following lines in loader.conf(5) to load th= e > firmware modules: > > iwi_bss_load=3D"YES" > iwi_ibss_load=3D"YES" > iwi_monitor_load=3D"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=3D1 > I'll try it. But AFAIK, I have to recompile the kernel cause the "device iwi" line is missing. Am i right? Thanks in advance > > > regards, > Vince >> =3D=3D=3D> iwi-firmware-2.4_8 is configured with iwicontrol(8) which yo= u >> 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: >> >> =3D=3D=3D> 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/Lates= t/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/Late= st/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" > >
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