Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:45:37 +0200 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> To: me@kmwhite.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 6050 in 8.1-RELEASE Problems Message-ID: <201010291245.37615.bschmidt@techwires.net> In-Reply-To: <b00af7629882898955625ffc3152cb53@krypnos.net> References: <b00af7629882898955625ffc3152cb53@krypnos.net>
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On Friday, October 29, 2010 10:32:52 me@kmwhite.net wrote: > I've installed FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude E6410. Most hardware > works just fine, but I'm having a hell of a time with the wifi. Everytime I > try to associate with an access point, my terminal replies with: > > [..] > iwn6050fw_load="YES" > [..] > iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6050> mem 0xe6e00000-0xe6e01fff irq 17 at > [..] > iwn0: iwn_hw_init: timeout waiting for adapter to initialize, error 35 > iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not initialize hardware, error 35 > iwn0: iwn_hw_init: timeout waiting for adapter to initialize, error 35 > iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not initialize hardware, error 35 > > I know that that error has to be part of the problem. I just don't know > what to do next, and haven't been able to find any help further. Any ideas? > Additionally, any thing I forgot to add, please let me know. The messages indicate that you are using 8.1-RELEASE, but afaik 8.1 does not have the 6050 firmware module, did you get that from stable? If you're able to try stable/8, please do so, there have been a few additions/fixes regarding 6000 series chips which are not in 8.1-RELEASE. -- Bernhard
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