Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:00:49 +0100 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Alex <alex323@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NDIS problem on 8.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <3a142e750911290200j7684a234s85cd4dfde3681f92@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091128053648.5a4b762c@gmail.com> References: <20091128180824.17becca8@gmail.com> <3a142e750911281559r3b6353c5tf9ba7a975670402a@mail.gmail.com> <20091128053648.5a4b762c@gmail.com>
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On 11/28/09, Alex <alex323@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:59:26 +0100 > Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 11/29/09, Alex <alex323@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello. I have been using wireless drivers generated from ndisgen on >> > 7.2 quite successfully. I installed 8.0-RELEASE, recompiled the >> > driver, and sadly wireless is not functioning: >> > >> > orion# wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i ndis0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf >> > ... >> > Initializing interface (2) 'ndis0' >> > NDIS: Packet.dll version: FreeBSD WinPcap compatibility shim v1.0 >> > NDIS: 1 adapter names found >> > NDIS: 0 - - dummy description >> > NDIS: Could not find interface 'ndis0' >> > Failed to initialize driver interface >> > Failed to add interface ndis0 >> > Cancelling scan request >> > Cancelling authentication timeout >> > orion# ifconfig ndis0 >> > ndis0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 >> > ether 00:24:2c:e7:2d:fd >> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) >> > status: no carrier >> > >> > Does anyone know what is wrong? I wouldn't have expected an upgrade >> > to break previous functionality. >> > >> >> with 8.0 you need to create wlanX: >> >> # ifconfig wlan create wlandev ndis0 >> >> and replace ndis0 with wlan0: >> >> # wpa_supplicant -dd -Dndis -i wlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > > That appears to have helped, but for some reason wpa_supplicant keeps > looping through its internal states. For example it'll be associated in > one moment and disconnected in the next (after which point it loops > over and over). Does anything special need to be done in rc.conf? > wpa_supplicant.conf? I am using the same wpa_supplicant.conf file that > worked under 7.2. Could you post wpa_supplicant debug output? > Eventually I will need to set up rc.conf so that it automates the > process of creating wlan0 as well. > > Any insight you could provide would be much appreciated. wlans_ndis0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
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