Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:28:22 +0100 From: peter harrison <four.harrisons@virgin.net> To: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: peter harrison <four.harrisons@virgin.net>, 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: <20080522162822.GA955@desktop.piggybox> In-Reply-To: <48356F6E.9080809@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> <20080522091426.GA39680@desktop.piggybox> <48356F6E.9080809@unsane.co.uk>
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 at 14:04:46 +0100, Vince Hoffman said: > peter harrison wrote: > > 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: > <snip> > >>>>>> 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. > > > > > Are you running AMD64? the modules are there on my i386 laptop but not > my AMD64 server (I dont use iwi on either though.) I'm running i386, so that may be the difference. I don't have an AMD64 system to check I'm afraid. Peter Harrison. > > vince > > > 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" > > _______________________________________________ > 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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