Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:49:41 +0930 From: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> To: besideinfo <besideinfo@yahoo.com> Cc: Andrey <andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com>, Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b Message-ID: <47FBFD8D.50501@clearchain.com> In-Reply-To: <36787.26104.qm@web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <36787.26104.qm@web43144.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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besideinfo wrote:
> --- Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> I don't really understand what you mean here. Do
>> you mean they do not show
>> up in kldstat at all, or that they do show up in
>> kldstat but are still
>> "missing" in terms of being attached? (Both
>> scenarios possible).
>>
>> I'm not sure if it'll matter - my pciconf is ever so
>> slightly different:
>> class=0x028000 card=0x135b103c chip=0x42228086
>> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>> ^
>> I have b instead of c but I doubt this matters,
>> however only a developer of
>> wpi could answer definitively.
>> It sounds like it could be because the modules are
>> failing to load - which
>> may *not* be a problem with the wireless card
>> itself, but something else.
>> If they *are* loading, but the device is not
>> attaching, then the problem
>> could be related to some hardware in your system.
>>
>> Did you try manually loading the if_wpi.ko module?
>> What error do you get?
>> There have been some bugs reported with certain PCI
>> implementations that
>> cause wpi not to attach, but I haven't (personally)
>> seen any bad reports for
>> HPs. My HP works, although it's a later model than
>> yours. In those cases,
>> the kernel module loads but doesn't attach.
>>
>> (Also, try not to top-post, it makes tracking the
>> current spot in the
>> conversation harder for new people coming into the
>> thread who may want to
>> help you.)
>>
>> --Yousif
>>
>>
>>
> Sorry my previous post was incomplete.
>
> what I mean is that the five modules are declared in
> the loader.conf, but kldstat doesn't show them up.
>
> I tried to locate the five module using the locate
> command, but the only modules presents on my notebook
> are wlan_amrr.ko and wpifw.ko.
> The modules if_wpi, wlan_scan_sta and wlan_scan_ap do
> not exists.
>
> I forgot to say that this the first time I use freeBSD
> a mailing list and above my english is bad. So any
> advice are well accept.
>
>
Some modules will not load as they are built into the kernel by default.
Are you able to post the results of:
ifconfig -v wpi0
a:
dmesg |grep wpi
would help after you boot verbosely (an option when FreeBSD starts)
Cheers,
Benjamin
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