Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:42:16 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: "peter harrison" <four.harrisons@virgin.net> Cc: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ipw2200 freebsd 7 firmware problem Message-ID: <1bd550a00806010942t1185d7e4vee02a55648bb16fa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080522162822.GA955@desktop.piggybox> References: <1bd550a00805201417n3ed9f7f8p9ac8524051635985@mail.gmail.com> <4833DE5B.5070803@unsane.co.uk> <1bd550a00805211431k1d9d5674v747d49d6c661c232@mail.gmail.com> <4834A036.4020809@unsane.co.uk> <1bd550a00805220011n56344761q753dc18a2e40adaf@mail.gmail.com> <48352B35.5040709@unsane.co.uk> <20080522091426.GA39680@desktop.piggybox> <48356F6E.9080809@unsane.co.uk> <20080522162822.GA955@desktop.piggybox>
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On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:28 PM, peter harrison
<four.harrisons@virgin.net> wrote:
> Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 14:04:46 +0100, Vince Hoffman said:
>> peter harrison wrote:
>> > Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 9:13:41 +0100, Vince Hoffman said:
>> >> Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote:
>> >>> On 5/22/08, Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>>> Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote:
>> >>>>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.u=
k>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> >>>>>> Have you read the manpage for iwi?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> No, I tried with iwi-firmware and iwicontrol and none of them exis=
ted.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> no ports are needed the firmware is now in the base system, Just =
add the
>> >>>>>> entries as specified in this snippet from man iwi
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> So... shouldn't this port be removed?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> I'm pretty sure that things changed between 6.x and 7.x, I'd imagin=
e the
>> >>>> port is needed for <7.x
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, plac=
e the
>> >>>>>> following lines in loader.conf(5):
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> if_iwi_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>> wlan_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>> firmware_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> In both cases, place the following lines in loader.conf(5) to =
load
>> >>>> the
>> >>>>>> firmware modules:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> iwi_bss_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>> iwi_ibss_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>> iwi_monitor_load=3D"YES"
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> and
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. =
For
>> >>>>>> the loaded firmware to work the license at
>> >>>>>> /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE must be
>> >>>> agreed to and the
>> >>>>>> follow-ing line be added to loader.conf(5):
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=3D1
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> I'll try it. But AFAIK, I have to recompile the kernel cause the
>> >>>>> "device iwi" line is missing.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Am i right?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> I think they should all be loadable as modules if they arent in gen=
eric.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> To try without rebooting I believe the commands you want are:
>> >>>> kenv legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=3D1
>> >>>> kldload if_iwi
>> >>>> kldload wlan
>> >>>> kldload firmware
>> >>>> kldload iwi_bss
>> >>>> kldload iwi_ibss
>> >>>> kldload iwi_monitor
>> >>>>
>> >>>> However, I just had a look in my /boot/kernel for the if_iwi module=
and its
>> >>>> not there so you may be correct. (I'm a touch supprised as the do e=
xist on
>> >>>> my i386 box)
>> >>> The same on my machine. The line is not in GENERIC and that modules
>> >>> don't exist. I will recompile my module as soon as I have some spare
>> >>> time.
>> >>> Thanks for your help.
>> >>>
>> >> In theory you should be able to just
>> >> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwi
>> >> make && make install
>> >> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwifw
>> >> make && make install
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> without rebuilding the entire kernel. I'm just puzzled why they dont
>> >> build by default.
>> >
>> > I'm running a stock 7.0-STABLE with GENERIC and a default make.conf an=
d I get the iwi modules no problem. I just followed the instructions in the=
man page and was up and running in 5 minutes.
>> >
>> >
>> Are you running AMD64? the modules are there on my i386 laptop but not
>> my AMD64 server (I dont use iwi on either though.)
>
> I'm running i386, so that may be the difference. I don't have an AMD64 sy=
stem to check I'm afraid.
Hi all again,
I recompiled my kernel and now, the IPW2200BG card seems to be detected.
This is the output of the ifconfig re0 command:
iwi0: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:0e:35:fd:aa:0f
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
ssid ApeWireless channel 1 (2412 Mhz 11b)
authmode OPEN privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:104-bit bmiss 10
scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11b 7
roam:rate11b 1 bintval 0
However, neither I can connect to my wireless router, nor I can scan
the frequency. My wireless AP, has a hidden SSID, wep key and DHCP.
Scanning of frequencies shows no results (but there are many wireless
networks around).
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Peter Harrison.
>
>>
>> vince
>>
>> > Peter Harrison
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Vince
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Best Regards
>> >>>
>> >>>> regards,
>> >>>> Vince
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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