Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:14:26 +0100 From: peter harrison <four.harrisons@virgin.net> To: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Fernando =?iso-8859-1?Q?Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ipw2200 freebsd 7 firmware problem Message-ID: <20080522091426.GA39680@desktop.piggybox> In-Reply-To: <48352B35.5040709@unsane.co.uk> References: <1bd550a00805201417n3ed9f7f8p9ac8524051635985@mail.gmail.com> <4833DE5B.5070803@unsane.co.uk> <1bd550a00805211431k1d9d5674v747d49d6c661c232@mail.gmail.com> <4834A036.4020809@unsane.co.uk> <1bd550a00805220011n56344761q753dc18a2e40adaf@mail.gmail.com> <48352B35.5040709@unsane.co.uk>
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 9:13:41 +0100, Vince Hoffman said: > Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > > On 5/22/08, Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> wrote: > >> Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > >>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> > >> wrote: > >>>> Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> I have an ipw2200 bg. I can't make it work under FreeBSD 7 on AMD64. > >>>>> > >>>>> This is the output of pciconf -lv > >>>>> > >>>>> none0@pci0:0:5:0: class=0x028000 card=0x27028086 chip=0x42208086 > >>>>> rev=0x05 hdr=0x00 > >>>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > >>>>> device = 'MPCI3B driverIntel PRO/Wireless 2200BG' > >>>>> class = network > >>>>> > >>>>> dmesg shows the following: > >>>>> > >>>>> pci0: <network> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) > >>>>> > >>>>> I tried to instal the iwi-firmware from ports: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Have you read the manpage for iwi? > >>>> > >>> No, I tried with iwi-firmware and iwicontrol and none of them existed. > >>> > >>> > >>>> no ports are needed the firmware is now in the base system, Just add the > >>>> entries as specified in this snippet from man iwi > >>>> > >>> So... shouldn't this port be removed? > >>> > >>> > >> I'm pretty sure that things changed between 6.x and 7.x, I'd imagine the > >> port is needed for <7.x > >> > >>>> Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the > >>>> following lines in loader.conf(5): > >>>> > >>>> if_iwi_load="YES" > >>>> wlan_load="YES" > >>>> firmware_load="YES" > >>>> > >>>> In both cases, place the following lines in loader.conf(5) to load > >> the > >>>> firmware modules: > >>>> > >>>> iwi_bss_load="YES" > >>>> iwi_ibss_load="YES" > >>>> iwi_monitor_load="YES" > >>>> > >>>> and > >>>> > >>>> This driver requires firmware to be loaded before it will work. For > >>>> the loaded firmware to work the license at > >>>> /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi/LICENSE must be > >> agreed to and the > >>>> follow-ing line be added to loader.conf(5): > >>>> > >>>> legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> I'll try it. But AFAIK, I have to recompile the kernel cause the > >>> "device iwi" line is missing. > >>> > >>> Am i right? > >>> > >>> > >> I think they should all be loadable as modules if they arent in generic. > >> > >> To try without rebooting I believe the commands you want are: > >> kenv legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 > >> kldload if_iwi > >> kldload wlan > >> kldload firmware > >> kldload iwi_bss > >> kldload iwi_ibss > >> kldload iwi_monitor > >> > >> However, I just had a look in my /boot/kernel for the if_iwi module and its > >> not there so you may be correct. (I'm a touch supprised as the do exist on > >> my i386 box) > > > > The same on my machine. The line is not in GENERIC and that modules > > don't exist. I will recompile my module as soon as I have some spare > > time. > > Thanks for your help. > > > In theory you should be able to just > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwi > make && make install > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/iwifw > make && make install > > > without rebuilding the entire kernel. I'm just puzzled why they dont > build by default. I'm running a stock 7.0-STABLE with GENERIC and a default make.conf and I get the iwi modules no problem. I just followed the instructions in the man page and was up and running in 5 minutes. Peter Harrison > > > Vince > > > > Best Regards > > > >> > >> regards, > >> Vince > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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