Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:49:47 -0500 From: "Don Wilde" <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem (maybe a solution) loading iwi firmware: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss Message-ID: <eefa2c8b0607280649o191e08bfxfee6381d74770050@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200607280921.10859.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <44C8D7FE.4080108@locolomo.org> <200607271739.48433.jhb@freebsd.org> <eefa2c8b0607271741s11c2dda1jae9dd52977bbd30f@mail.gmail.com> <200607280921.10859.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 7/28/06, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Thursday 27 July 2006 20:41, Don Wilde wrote: > > On 7/27/06, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Thursday 27 July 2006 14:28, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote: > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > This question has been on various lists lately, maybe I'm on the > right > > > > track: > > > > > > Use the iwi-firmware-kmod port. You need the module wrappers around > the > > > firmware in /boot/modules, not the raw firmware in > /boot/firmware. That > > > is > > > the older way of doing things. > > > > > > > There is some development, I'm not sure if it has been imported int= o > the > > > > source tree yet, > > > > > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~mlaier/new_iwi/ > > > > > > Yes, it is in -current and I believe -stable now, and this just works > fine > > > with the iwi-firmware-kmod port. > > > > > > In short, upgrade to 6.1-stable, install the iwi-firmware-kmod port, > and > > > everything should Just Work(tm). It does here on my laptop (albeit > > > running > > > 7-current). > > > > > > -- > > > John Baldwin > > > > > > > Erik, John - > > > > I've gotten it working. It appears that the firmware kmod was getting > > loaded, but it was barfing on one of the extensions of the ifconfig I > had > > installed. My old ifconfig was: > > > > ifconfig_iwi0=3D"DHCP ssid rewired channel 11 authmode shared weptxkey = 1 > > wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890" > > > > and my new one is: > > > > ifconfig_iwi0=3D"DHCP ssid rewired weptxkey 1 wepmode on wepkey > 0x1234567890" > > > > I also changed the access point config to leave those open for > negotiation. > > > > This error message still exists, just before 'Additional TCP options: .= ' > > > > iwicontrol: > > Can't load firmware to driver > > : > > Invalid argument > > . > > Well, I use wpa_supplicant to setup WEP, though I'm not sure that is > what is the issue. Why are you using iwicontrol, btw? You shouldn't be > using iwicontrol to load the firmware anymore. The driver now asks for > the firmware directly when it needs it. > > -- > John Baldwin > Hi, John - I'm not asking for it, something in (I guess) one of the rc files is doing so.... grepping: Yep, /usr/local/etc/rc.d/iwi.sh. Amazing what you find laying around in the attic. :)
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