Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:21:39 +0200 From: "Dennis Melentyev" <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com> To: "knowtree@aloha.com" <knowtree@aloha.com> Cc: Johan Johansen <Johan.Johansen@cc.uit.no>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_wpi will not work for me Message-ID: <b84edfa10803201421i73412075ifc9833c397849898@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b84edfa10803200608l7ff9fd6awa472fee547f83095@mail.gmail.com> References: <200803200815.m2K8F67R030345@yoda.pixi.com> <b84edfa10803200156x7b60354ei50456bf4562a2d75@mail.gmail.com> <b84edfa10803200608l7ff9fd6awa472fee547f83095@mail.gmail.com>
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Checked with AP - everything is fine so far. 2008/3/20, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com>: > Hi again, Gary! > > I've just managed to upgrade to RELENG_7. Internal WiFi generally > works for me: device is present, air scanning works. Not checked for > AP connectivity though. > > Please, let me know if you have any progress with configs/etc. > > PS. D830 is pretty good thing except sound not working for loud and > some microphone problems are there. Also, do not know if BlueTooth and > any of card slots are working. > > 2008/3/20, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com>: > > > Hello Gary, > > > > Everything looks reasonable. Attached is a collection of data on my > > setup (note driver version is quite old!!!). Have no chance yet to try > > with newer one. > > > > There is an ambiguity in wpa_supplicant and rc.conf settings, but I > > gave both configs just to be fair. AFAIU, rc.conf is used ATM. > > > > Also note, that I have no AP at work, so device is not associated in > > the logs. But it does work at home. > > > > 2008/3/20, knowtree@aloha.com <knowtree@aloha.com>: > > > > > > My notebook is HP Compaq nc2400 running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE > > > > > > > > kldload if_wpi give me > > > > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem > > > > 0xf0000000-0xf0000fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci8 > > > > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: wpi0: could not allocate memory resource > > > > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: device_attach: wpi0 attach returned 6 > > > > > > > > and ifconfig show no wpi0 > > > > > > > > I have not seen this behaviour mentioned before, so could anyone > > > > give me some hints, please? > > > > > > > > > > > mvh > > > > > > > > johan > > > > > > I have been describing related problems in a different thread, but it might > > > help others if I join this one. > > > > > > Before I go on, a big mahalo (thanks) to everyone with advice on how to get > > > my Lucent Gold wifi card working better. Much better now. > > > > > > My Dell Latitude D830 has a built-in wifi interface which Dennis Melentyev > > > said might work with the wpi driver. I followed his advice and the > > > instructions on the wpi man page, but no luck yet. > > > > > > Here is my entire /boot/loader.conf file, which includes stuff for the > > > sound card (which does not send output through the built-in speakers, which > > > is not much of a loss). > > > > > > sound_load="YES" > > > snd_hda_load="YES" > > > # enable ATAPI/CAM driver for CD-ROM > > > atapicam_load="YES" > > > # enable wpi wireless driver for Dell internal > > > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > > if_wpi_load="YES" > > > wlan_load="YES" > > > wlan_amrr_load="YES" > > > firmware_load="YES" > > > wpifw_load="YES" > > > > > > Does it matter what sequence these come in? > > > > > > Here the output of kldstat: > > > > > > Id Refs Address Size Name > > > 1 19 0xc0400000 926ed4 kernel > > > 2 2 0xc0d27000 4a5ac sound.ko > > > 3 1 0xc0d72000 14324 snd_hda.ko > > > 4 1 0xc0d87000 4d20 atapicam.ko > > > 5 1 0xc0d8c000 f140 if_wpi.ko > > > 6 1 0xc0d9c000 25f60 wpifw.ko > > > 7 1 0xc0dc2000 6a1c4 acpi.ko > > > 8 1 0xc5987000 22000 linux.ko > > > > > > I noticed some things not listed, wlan, wlan_amrr, and firmware. Just for > > > fun I tried loading them manually, and got this: > > > > > > # kldload wlan.ko > > > kldload: can't load wlan.ko: File exists > > > > > > The other two, wlan_amrr, and firmware, do the same. I suspect that means > > > those modules are configured into the kernel. ??? > > > > > > When the system boots I see no sign of activity from wpi0. It does not > > > appear in /var/run/dmesg.boot or /var/log/messages. Is there a log file for > > > loader.conf? > > > > > > The computer has an LED that is on in Windows (it comes on about half way > > > through the boot sequence), but remains off when I boot into FreeBSD from > > > power-on. The slider switch on the side of the computer does not switch on > > > the radio. If I go into Windows, then restart and select FreeBSD, the LED > > > remains on but with no change, still nothing in the logs or in the output > > > of ifconfig. > > > > > > I can load and unload if_wpi without error. > > > > > > I added this to /etc/rc.conf: > > > > > > network_interfaces=bge0 wi0 wpi0 > > > > > > to try to force recognition of wpi0 but no change. (bge0 is the built-in > > > wired Ethernet NIC.) > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Gary Dunn > > > Open Slate Project > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dennis Melentyev > > > > > > > > -- > > Dennis Melentyev > -- Dennis Melentyev
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