Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:39:19 -0700 (PDT) From: besideinfo <besideinfo@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Andrey <andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com>, sam@freebsd.org, Yousif Hassan <yousif@alumni.jmu.edu>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> Subject: Re: Wireless on hp 6710b Message-ID: <490957.84586.qm@web43136.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080410151901.18913D-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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--- Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> Hmm. On re-reading the whole thread I notice that
> you didn't show what
> Andrey asked about, and while I don't know if it
> should actually affect
> the module loading, it's said that you need this in
> your loader.conf:
>
> : Also make sure if license acknowledge variable is
> set (use kenv on
> : this purpose):
> : # kenv | grep 'wpi'
> : legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
>
> Otherwise it does look like your 6.3 install is
> missing something.
>
> cheers, Ian
>
> (Sam, sorry if I complicated matters, but many new
> users don't know
> about using 'kldstat -v' to check modules, in my
> humble experience)
>
At this point I believe it is better to summarize all
I have done so far.
I rebuilt my kernel the same day I installed freeBSD.
I followed the instructions on the handbook, and all
process was successfully completed.
Later, I realized that the wireless card wasn't
working, and after some posts I found out(with your
help) ath0 wasn't suitable for the wireless card.
Because of that I decided to "rebuild again" the
kenel, but this time I removed all wireless devices
from the configuration file and used the
/boot/conf.loader so configurated:
#hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
firmware_load="YES"
if_wpi_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_amrr_load="YES"
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
wpifw_load="YES"
wlan_xauth_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
#Intel HDA Audio
snd_hda_load="YES"
After reboot I the freebsd still wasn't able to "see"
the wireless card. Following there are the result of
parts of the tests you asked me to do:
----------------
freebsd-box# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945
none2@pci16:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c
chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN
controller'
class = network
-------------------
freebsd-box# kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan'
5 5 0xc07c7000 1edf8 wlan.ko
4 wlan
7 1 0xc07e8000 26414 wpifw.ko
5 wpifw_fw
8 1 0xc080f000 1b10 wlan_xauth.ko
6 wlan_xauth
9 1 0xc0811000 2d08 wlan_wep.ko
7 wlan_wep
10 1 0xc0814000 6d04 wlan_ccmp.ko
8 wlan_ccmp
11 1 0xc081b000 4000 wlan_tkip.ko
9 wlan_tkip
--------------------
freebsd-box# kenv | grep 'wpi'
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
--------------------
freebsd-box# ifconfig -v wpi0
ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist
--------------------
regards
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