Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:10:53 HST From: knowtree@aloha.com To: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi (Lucent) panics on ifconfig wi0 up Message-ID: <201001220110.o0M1Aqiv015915@yoda.pixi.com>
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> On 1/21/10, knowtree@aloha.com <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:48:39 + 0000 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 1/20/10, knowtree@aloha.com <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote: > >>> I have been using the same Lucent Gold pc-card for years, most recently > >>> with FreeBSD 7. Over the weekend I redid my Fujitsu T-1010 hard drive, > >>> Vista upgrade to Win7, FreeBSD upgrade (fresh install) to 8.0, and added > >>> Ubuntu 9.10. Struggling to get either boot0 or Ubuntu's grub to see all > >>> three, thought I would install grub from ports since it ought to have the > >>> menu info for FreeBSD.Seems odd that Ubuntu's automatic grub menu > >>> generator > >>> sees Win7 but misses FreeBSD, maybe my partition scheme is messed up. > >>> > >>> While manually fiddling with ifconfig my system would panic, > >>> consistently, > >>> on ifconfig wi0 up. This is a fresh install, no changes to KMs, no proc > >>> file system, just straight out of the box. Is there something I need to > >>> configure to get the wi driver working? The card is recongnized when > >>> inserted, the basic entry appears in the ifconfig listing. > >> > >> That is obiously bug, introduced with VAPs. > >> Do not touch wi at all, create wlan first: > >> # ifconfig wlan create wlandev wi0 > >> > >> Now you can do with wlan0 what you did with wi0 in older versions. > > > > Thanks, Paul. That fixed the panic. I read the man page for rc.conf and it > > does indeed say that cloning is mandatory in 8.0. The man page for wlan was > > not very helpful; ifconfig page is a gem but sooooo complicated. > > > > I still cannot connect to my network. > > > > ifconfig wlan0 ssid MYNET > > > > sets the ssid but > > > > ifconfig wlan0 up > > > > does nothing ... no carrier. It will go up with ssid unspecified (-), but > > then > > > > ifconfig wlan0 scan > > > > hangs until I do ctrl-C, and a "list scan" completes with no output. > > > > Perhaps this is due to more 8.0 newness -- ignorence on my part. Any > > suggestion about what to read? > > > > My network uses no encryption but blocks on MAC address. Any chance the > > wlan is fiddling with this? The address displays correctly in ifconfig. > > Tonight I can try opening up the access point. > > wi(4) is buggy, if it just works on 7.X fill PR, i dont have card so > can not fix it. OK, I filed PR kern/143074. I sure it it wasn't operator error!! In the meantime I'll try ndis again on the built-in Intel 5100AGN, which did not work under 7.x. I'll also plug in my Tivo USB wifi, just for fun. I also have a CAT-5 top wifi thingy I used on a Play Station 2, that might get me on-line. Thanks for your help. Gary Dunn Honolulu
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