Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:52:15 +0200 From: Armin Pirkovitsch <a.pirko@inode.at> To: Lothar Braun <lothar@lobraun.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_iwi, boot firmware Message-ID: <48B7C6CF.6020603@inode.at> In-Reply-To: <48B79C6D.4060709@lobraun.de> References: <48B7ABF4.1010900@inode.at> <48B79C6D.4060709@lobraun.de>
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I guess I missed that part - works now, thx! Lothar Braun wrote: > Armin Pirkovitsch wrote: >> Since my update from 7.0 STABLE to 8.0 CURRENT yesterday my wifi device >> won't work any more. Loading the if_iwi and iwi_bss module works fine >> and iwi0 is found - however as soon as I start wpa_supplicant I receive >> the following error: >> >> iwi0: timeout waiting for (null) firmware initialization to complete >> iwi0: could not load boot firmware (null) >> >> The configuration as it is worked fine in 7.0 and I haven't found >> anythung in UPDATING which would indicate that I have to change >> something. > > 20080420: > The 802.11 wireless support was redone to enable multi-bss > operation on devices that are capable. The underlying device > is no longer used directly but instead wlanX devices are > cloned with ifconfig. This requires changes to rc.conf files. > For example, change: > ifconfig_ath0="WPA DHCP" > to > wlans_ath0=wlan0 > ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" > see rc.conf(5) for more details. In addition, mergemaster of > /etc/rc.d is highly recommended. Simultaneous update of userland > and kernel wouldn't hurt either. > > As part of the multi-bss changes the wlan_scan_ap and wlan_scan_sta > modules were merged into the base wlan module. All references > to these modules (e.g. in kernel config files) must be removed. -- Armin Pirkovitsch a.pirko@inode.at
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