Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:05:41 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> Cc: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Arne Schwabe <schwabe@uni-paderborn.de>, stacey@vickiandstacey.com Subject: Re: wpi: "Radio transmitter is turned off" Message-ID: <20080210180541.89dbfdde.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <47AF7ABE.8010801@clearchain.com> References: <20080116144801.cbc5640d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <478E6EA3.9010504@uni-paderborn.de> <478E7A2E.7050403@clearchain.com> <20080116165557.92789ba3.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080209173112.GI1149@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <47ADEB78.7010502@bsdforen.de> <20080209185150.GD1387@chimera.vickiandstacey.com> <47AE089A.5090708@bsdforen.de> <20080210093300.32df76e5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <47AF7ABE.8010801@clearchain.com>
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Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> wrote: > > Bill Moran wrote: > > <snip> > > > >> I'm at a loss here. Though the driver is marked experimental, it's working > >> fine for me. I suppose you already tried to load the firmware yourself? > >> > >> # kldload firmware wpifw wlan_scan_sta > >> > >> The driver is not yet capable of loading wlan_scan_sta itself, so I suggest > >> to inlcude it if you want to scan for networks. > >> > > > > Just to follow up. The driver is working fine for me now. > > > Hi Bill, > Can you confirm that the above kldload allowed you to use the card? > The driver should automatically load wpifw, so if not I'll look in to > what the problem is. It is a little weird. Sometimes I'll boot up the system and the interface will be there, other times it won't be. What's even stranger is if it's missing but I do "ifconfig wpi0 up" it will magically appear. Any particular information you want me to gather? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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