Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:16:20 +0200 From: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> To: Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpi card non-functional in 8.0-BETA1 Message-ID: <e890cae60907160716i734ad96pb6ba0e8db93d3d7d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <19e7832a0907160505p2887552o760d2b6042f862b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A5E4356.9060807@freebsd.org> <19e7832a0907160505p2887552o760d2b6042f862b5@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/7/16 Andrey Fesenko <f0andrey@gmail.com>: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> it looks like my wpi card (Intel 3945 ABG) stopped working in >> 8.0-BETA1/amd64, >> at least in WPA2 mode. wpa_supplicant now gives ioctl errors (no log for >> now :( ). >> >> It worked fine in 7.2-RELEASE/amd64. There, the LED would also light up >> (flashing while connecting, solid while connected). But now it always >> stays dark. >> >> The Bluetooth module (at usbus2) works fine, I can connect it to my >> cellphone. >> >> I've attached the relevant dmesg parts. >> >> Any clues? > > =A0My notebook wpi card (Intel 3945 ABG) working in 8.0-BETA2/amd64, and > working in 8.0-BETA1/amd64 ... > >> cat /boot/loader.conf > if_wpi_load=3D"YES" > wlan_load=3D"YES" > wlan_amrr_load=3D"YES" > firmware_load=3D"YES" > wpifw_load=3D"YES" > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=3D1 > These are already in GENERIC, except for the wpifw and if_wpi modules. The legal ack is no longer necessary. >> cat /root/st_wlan > ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev wpi0 > wpa_supplicant -BDbsd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf > sleep 10 > dhclient wlan > The trick to create the wlan0 device seems to do the trick (I completely mi= ssed the /usr/src/UPDATING 20080420 entry...). It seems to work again judging remotely from office. Thanks, Ren=E9
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