Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:28:06 +0200 From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mwl(4) depends on non-existant mwlfw_fw (mwlfw doesn't implement mwlfw_fw) Message-ID: <20100909192806.GD2338@serenity> In-Reply-To: <201009051911.59912.bschmidt@techwires.net> References: <20100905165308.00000d99@unknown> <201009051852.05469.bschmidt@techwires.net> <201009051911.59912.bschmidt@techwires.net>
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 07:11:59PM +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Sunday 05 September 2010 18:52:05 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > On Sunday 05 September 2010 17:53:08 Bruce Cran wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was trying to help someone on IRC with a card that should be
> > > supported by the mwl(4) driver, but it seems it's broken: mwlfw(4)
> > > doesn't implement mwlfw_fw which if_mwl depends on
> > > ("MODULE_DEPEND(mwl, mwlfw_fw, 1, 1, 1);").
> >
> > This is wrong. It should depend on firmware(9), which also takes care of
> > loading the adequate firmware modules.
> >
> > > Should it be trying to load mw88W8363fw dynamically instead?
> >
> > Yes, firmware(9) does that.
> >
> > > The same error appears to be in malo(4) too - and neither mwlfw(4) or
> > > malofw(4) are installed during an installkernel despite mwl(4) and
> > > malo(4) being installed.
> >
> > Seems like there is a MFC missing those get installed on HEAD.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=144494
>
Oops, this fell through the cracks due to the missing MFC reminder
trigger. Fixed!
- Christian
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