Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:44:06 +0000 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, james toy <toyj@union.edu> Subject: Re: iwn Driver for intel 4965 WLAN adapter Message-ID: <4861E936.4000308@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4861E8AD.4040500@math.missouri.edu> References: <9f8af95f0806242239j1e62dfdbt68ddd191e7a71d3a@mail.gmail.com> <4861E8AD.4040500@math.missouri.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: | james toy wrote: |> fellow daring -CURRENT members, |> |> Firstly we aren't so daring -CURRENT has been perfect for me for |> around |> 1 year -- in any event i'm struggling with my intel 4965 and was |> wondering |> if i might be able to brainstorm with a few of you -- firstly i have an |> ibm(lenovo-ack) x61 tablet -- i initially loaded the standard module |> if_iwn |> -- and immediatley noted the dmesg cry for help saying to enable the |> legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf -- once having done |> that |> i rebooted my machine so that iwnfw (firmware) could be loaded -- once |> this |> was loaded i was under the impression that i would be scott free and go |> about my "ifconfig iwn0 up scan" or "ifconfig iwn0 up ssid crazylegs" and |> then dhclient from there. |> |> negative -- [ifconfig iwn0 up scan] returns : "ifconfig: unable to get |> scan |> results" and [ifconfig iwn0 ssid crazylegs] returns : "ifconfig: |> SIOCS80211: |> Invalid argument" |> |> i'm completely confused and have done a fair bit of googling on this -- |> nothing really comes up too definitively -- i've also built this directly |> into the kernel as well -- both the module and the built in versions |> of this |> driver return the exact same thing for me -- any ideas ladies and gents? |> |> respectfully |> |> -jt | | I was hit with the same thing. In current CURRENT, you have to create | these wlan devices. One way is to put lines something like this into | rc.conf: | | wlans_iwn0="wlan0" | ifconfig_wlan0="ssid crazylegs DHCP" | | To be honest, I am still at a loss as to how I managed to figure this | out - I guess I got luckier with the googles. "man ifconfig" helps, but | you have to read the right parts. "vi /etc/default/rc.conf" also | provided some clues. The entry 20080420 in /usr/src/UPDATING does its job as well :) | | Stephen | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkhh6TUACgkQwMJqmJVx944eVwCgq3KoKoOmwWqy78vXV5q09zlC nmUAn37ZMlTSMppKZU5oBWHduyy2Kk7w =vFgq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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