Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:45:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why wpa_supplicant doesn't start with ndis0 interface? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209131841480.24688@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120913165111.GA2436@glenbarber.us> References: <505136E8.6010708@rawbw.com> <20120913015904.GC1341@glenbarber.us> <50514BCC.3010607@rawbw.com> <20120913030153.GH1341@glenbarber.us> <5051FD10.8040204@rawbw.com> <20120913165111.GA2436@glenbarber.us>
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On Thu, 13 Sep 2012, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 08:34:40AM -0700, Yuri wrote: >> On 09/12/2012 20:01, Glen Barber wrote: >>> It would be helpful if you would at least try my cron(8) suggestion. >> >> So I tried adding the lines into crontab: >> @reboot root /sbin/kldload /boot/kernel/if_ndis.ko >/dev/null 2>&1 >> @reboot root /sbin/kldload /boot/modules/bcmwl5_sys.ko >/dev/null 2>&1 >> >> Firstly, for some reason, this method fails to load bcmwl5_sys.ko with >> the error message: >> KLD bcmwl5_sys.ko: depends on ndis - not available or version mismatch >> > > Hmm. This should also be loading ndis.ko. If not, add that to the cron > line as well. If that is the problem, sorry, that was my mistake. On a fast machine, there could be a race there. Best to load them in order in a single command: @reboot root /sbin/kldload if_ndis.ko && /sbin/kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko
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