From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 20 21:16:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7150C16A401 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:16:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from mta13.adelphia.net (mta13.mail.adelphia.net [68.168.78.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093F913C457 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from default.chvlva.adelphia.net ([24.126.17.68]) by mta13.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20070120211629.EDDJ11551.mta13.adelphia.net@default.chvlva.adelphia.net>; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:16:29 -0500 Received: by default.chvlva.adelphia.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E67B9B7AE; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:16:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:16:40 -0500 From: Parv To: Hanno Krusken Message-ID: <20070120211640.GA1221@holestein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Hanno Krusken , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20070120155011.0841eb14.lr101fc@yahoo.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070120155011.0841eb14.lr101fc@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Releng-6.2 upgrade HINT for iwi0 user !! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:16:30 -0000 Do wrap lines around 69 or so characters (to give me no incentive to ignore your mail otherwise). in message <20070120155011.0841eb14.lr101fc@yahoo.co.uk>, wrote Hanno Krusken thusly... > > well this posting is send before, part of, the specific upgrade hint > regarding the iwi0 driver ! I feel compelled to reply since I get the OP the second time which seems to be same as the first time, and it rubbed me the wrong way the first time I read it. > now, FreeBSD-6.1-RELENG uses /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware, but after > the upgrade to FreeBSD-6.2-RELENG iwi0 will NOT work, you need to > prefetch the port file /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod !! you need > to "make fetch" the distfile "ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz" befor you "make > buildworld" or you will not get your Wlan working if you relay on > iwi0 to do your upgrades !!! after fetching the > "ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz" file place it in /usr/ports/distfiles, If ports tree is up do date, "net/iwi-firmware-kmod" port will already be there. Run of "make fetch" inside that port will place -- without any extra effort on user's part -- the required file in ${DISTDIR:-/usr/ports/distfiles}. > rebuild the system to FreeBSD-6.2, install > /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware-kmod with kernel settings: > ------------------------ > # Wireless NIC cards > options BRIDGE > device if_bridge > device wlan # 802.11 support > device wlan_wep # WEP crypto > device wlan_ccmp > device wlan_tkip > device wlan_xauth > device wlan_acl > #device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. > device awi # BayStack 660 and others > device iwi # Intel/PRO 2915abg miniPCI > device firmware # Intel/PRO 2915abg miniPCI load Firmware > device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs. > ------------------------- > and you are done !!! Alternatively, wlan*, firmware, NIC drivers can be loaded as modules by referencing the appropriate bits in /boot/loader.conf without the need to modify the kernel for just this purpose. I have ... wlan_load="YES" wlan_ccmp_load="YES" wlan_tkip_load="YES" firmware_load="YES" if_iwi_load="YES" > the port "/usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware" is no longer needed, and > can be deleted !! ... as can be any other port directory which you may not need. A c(v)sup will, however, recreate them unless deleted ports have been specified in the appropriate "refuse" file. I really do not care about rest of the post in which procedure for ports & src update was preceded with a gian heap of fluff. I just mention that if one is using a version of FreeBSD new enough, for most purposes cvsup(1) can be replaced with system csup(1). - Parv --