Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:30:59 +0300 From: Andrey <andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b Message-ID: <47FF13B3.1030907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <144605.60321.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <144605.60321.qm@web43143.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Hmm... things you've mentioned above sound very (*very*) suspicious.
Could you please provide us with output of
# uname -a
Also (just in case) could you please show the output of:
# egrep -A1 '^200[78][0-9]{4}:' /usr/src/UPDATING | head -n 30
and
# ls -alF /usr/src/sys/dev/wpi/
besideinfo wrote:
> --- Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>
> wrote:
>
>> besideinfo wrote:
>>> --- Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hmm. On re-reading the whole thread I notice
>> that
>>>> you didn't show what
>>>> Andrey asked about, and while I don't know if it
>>>> should actually affect
>>>> the module loading, it's said that you need this
>> in
>>>> your loader.conf:
>>>>
>>>> : Also make sure if license acknowledge variable
>> is
>>>> set (use kenv on
>>>> : this purpose):
>>>> : # kenv | grep 'wpi'
>>>> : legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise it does look like your 6.3 install is
>>>> missing something.
>>>>
>>>> cheers, Ian
>>>>
>>>> (Sam, sorry if I complicated matters, but many
>> new
>>>> users don't know
>>>> about using 'kldstat -v' to check modules, in my
>>>> humble experience)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> At this point I believe it is better to summarize
>> all
>>> I have done so far.
>>>
>>> I rebuilt my kernel the same day I installed
>> freeBSD.
>>> I followed the instructions on the handbook, and
>> all
>>> process was successfully completed.
>>>
>>> Later, I realized that the wireless card wasn't
>>> working, and after some posts I found out(with
>> your
>>> help) ath0 wasn't suitable for the wireless card.
>>>
>>> Because of that I decided to "rebuild again" the
>>> kenel, but this time I removed all wireless
>> devices
>>> from the configuration file and used the
>>> /boot/conf.loader so configurated:
>>>
>>> #hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
>>>
>>> firmware_load="YES"
>>> if_wpi_load="YES"
>>> wlan_load="YES"
>>> wlan_amrr_load="YES"
>>> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
>>> wpifw_load="YES"
>>> wlan_xauth_load="YES"
>>> wlan_wep_load="YES"
>>> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
>>> wlan_tkip_load="YES"
>>> wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
>>> wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
>>>
>>> #Intel HDA Audio
>>> snd_hda_load="YES"
>>>
>>> After reboot I the freebsd still wasn't able to
>> "see"
>>> the wireless card. Following there are the result
>> of
>>> parts of the tests you asked me to do:
>>> ----------------
>>> freebsd-box# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945
>>> none2@pci16:0:0: class=0x028000
>> card=0x135c103c
>>> chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless
>> LAN
>>> controller'
>>> class = network
>>> -------------------
>>> freebsd-box# kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan'
>>> 5 5 0xc07c7000 1edf8 wlan.ko
>>> 4 wlan
>>> 7 1 0xc07e8000 26414 wpifw.ko
>>> 5 wpifw_fw
>>> 8 1 0xc080f000 1b10 wlan_xauth.ko
>>> 6 wlan_xauth
>>> 9 1 0xc0811000 2d08 wlan_wep.ko
>>> 7 wlan_wep
>>> 10 1 0xc0814000 6d04 wlan_ccmp.ko
>>> 8 wlan_ccmp
>>> 11 1 0xc081b000 4000 wlan_tkip.ko
>>> 9 wlan_tkip
>>> --------------------
>>> freebsd-box# kenv | grep 'wpi'
>>> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
>>> --------------------
>>> freebsd-box# ifconfig -v wpi0
>>> ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist
>>> --------------------
>>>
>>>
>> The problem you are facing is caused by the driver
>> module not being loaded
>> You should have a file: if_wpi.ko when you run
>> kldstat -v
>> Because that module is not loaded you won't see the
>> wpi0 interface.
>>
>> In previous email you stated that you don't have
>> /boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko
>> That seems very wrong, as the driver should be built
>> as part of a kernel
>> build.
>> The quick fix for your problem is:
>>
>> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/wpi
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> That should provide you with the module you need.
>> Why it was not built in the first place on your
>> system I've got no idea.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Benjamin
>>
>
> Benjamin the path "" dcd
> /usr/src/sys/modules/wpioesn't exist, and I don't know
> why. Maybe when I install freebsd I did something
> wrong. Should I use sysinstall to get the missing
> files?
>
> greetings
>
>
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--
Sincerely,
Andrey Kosachenko
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