From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 22 17:46:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12870106564A for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:46:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE1CE8FC08 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcc13 with SMTP id c13so1758398pbc.13 for ; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:46:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mXGtIaIZNafMsD0fvACCXiCeRBCmZrJzfPqN307EnG8=; b=VIeJJS7xF/cO9f4fflMytkSxzxpbUcHBMTkbzTnkv+rmJIFcAmFAbMftgmo9MGXbNj M8Tsrs0XiPnXpSB+ZNpzHnclMtR1gSQcw3HXncV4P7qGGSZtGf6L9mv3S7KGLh0QsiOU aoZpwOKiWyBiD7bBJVeXp2StVQV3Eu1WQgMWA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.211.198 with SMTP id ne6mr15009136pbc.83.1327254381880; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:46:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.136.106 with HTTP; Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:46:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F1C2BED.2080805@protected-networks.net> References: <4F1C2BED.2080805@protected-networks.net> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:46:21 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Michael Butler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with enabling iwi due to sysctl X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:46:23 -0000 No dice, people. It isn't doing diddly. # ifconfig -a iwi0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:0e:35:53:a9:fe media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier fwe0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8 ether 02:e0:b8:00:ba:fb ch 1 dma -1 fwip0: flags=8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 lladdr 0.e0.b8.5.0.0.ba.fb.a.2.ff.fe.0.0.0.0 fxp0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=2009 ether 00:e0:b8:6d:68:0b inet 98.211.110.13 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 255.255.255.255 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 nd6 options=3 # ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Input/output error # kldload if_iwi kldload: can't load if_iwi: File exists # kldload iwi_bss kldload: can't load iwi_bss: File exists # kldload iwi_ibss # kldload iwi_monitor # ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Input/output error # sysctl legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 sysctl: unknown oid 'legal.intel_iwi.license_ack' Yet the sysctl variable is on the man page http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwi&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current&format=html The firmware module was created and installed. /boot/loader.conf has legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 if_iwi_load="YES" hw.physmem="1300M" atapicam_load="YES" wlans_iwi0="wlan" ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP" On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Michael Butler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/22/12 09:51, Super Bisquit wrote: > > # sysctl legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > > sysctl: unknown oid 'legal.intel_iwi.license_ack' > > > > On 9.0, the XML type input does not include the intel license. > > > > I switched to 8.2 thinking that it was the release; however, that is not > > the case. > > > > What is the fix to this? > > This should go in /boot/loader.conf > > imb > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk8cK+wACgkQQv9rrgRC1JLH6QCZAQrkrErVrInoyqfKoKkYPkDE > HvwAmwWfBkrhSPwzxR358N8wPkGx+rtN > =8uCP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >