Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:39:47 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Erik =?iso-8859-15?q?N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org>, Don Wilde <Don@silver-lynx.com> Subject: Re: Problem (maybe a solution) loading iwi firmware: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss Message-ID: <200607271739.48433.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <44C905D3.4040208@locolomo.org> References: <44C8D7FE.4080108@locolomo.org> <eefa2c8b0607271007w1cd17408q4a08d2a63169d1f5@mail.gmail.com> <44C905D3.4040208@locolomo.org>
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On Thursday 27 July 2006 14:28, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote: > Hi: >=20 > This question has been on various lists lately, maybe I'm on the right > track: Use the iwi-firmware-kmod port. You need the module wrappers around the=20 firmware in /boot/modules, not the raw firmware in /boot/firmware. That is= =20 the older way of doing things. > There is some development, I'm not sure if it has been imported into the > source tree yet, >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~mlaier/new_iwi/ Yes, it is in -current and I believe -stable now, and this just works fine= =20 with the iwi-firmware-kmod port. In short, upgrade to 6.1-stable, install the iwi-firmware-kmod port, and=20 everything should Just Work(tm). It does here on my laptop (albeit running= =20 7-current). =2D-=20 John Baldwin
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