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Date:      Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:01:14 -0700
From:      Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [regression] The USB WiFi card stopped working: if_run doesn't create the 'run0' interface any more
Message-ID:  <fc844d6d-7538-16ee-2180-ecb92e142769@nomadlogic.org>
In-Reply-To: <d6f50e82-b573-d444-47aa-13fa3e84622d@rawbw.com>
References:  <750df9db-ac02-a691-d091-7c34fe5ddb22@rawbw.com> <b072c7c7-dbaa-f2e7-9c09-a9cc78465180@rawbw.com> <83624f27-797d-6557-3f7e-8beac57c7d38@nomadlogic.org> <d6f50e82-b573-d444-47aa-13fa3e84622d@rawbw.com>

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On 07/12/2018 21:15, Yuri wrote:
> On 07/12/18 13:38, Pete Wright wrote:
>>
>> sorry if i missed something (don't see details in the bug report) - 
>> is the issue that the run(4) kernel module is not being loaded? is 
>> there an error when the system attempts to load the kernel module in 
>> the dmesg buffer?  if it is not being loaded automagically what 
>> happens when you manually load the module via "kldload" or by 
>> updating rc.conf?
>
>
> No errors while the kernel module is loaded. The problem is that when 
> the card is inserted wlan0 isn't automatically created. It also isn't 
> created during boot with the card in. I think that there were some 
> changes in devd that caused this regression.
>

interesting, i ran into an issue with a kernel/world i updated to on 
thursday where my USB mouse was non-functional and i suspect something 
funky happened with devd as well.  one suggestion i heard was to enable 
devmatch which i haven't had a chance to test yet. throwing it out there 
as it may help you.

cheers,
-pete

-- 
Pete Wright
pete@nomadlogic.org
@nomadlogicLA




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