Best way to load iwi firmware for wpa_supplicant?

[Sebastian Schulze Struchtrup]

Hi Peter

I took the iwi.sh from /usr/local/etc/rc.d, moved it to /etc/rc.d and
added/modified the special rcng tags:
# REQUIRE: mountcritremote
# BEFORE: netif

This makes sure that the firmware is loaded before wpa/dhcp are started
(via netif)

Sebastian


>I now have a Dell Inspiron 700m w/ a integrated iwi chipset, which is 
>detected just fine, and works w/ WEP keys etc. with the iwi firmware 
>loaded from the local/rc.d script.
>
>dmesg below:
>-=-
>% dmesg | grep iwi
>iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xe0206000-0xe0206fff irq 10 at 
>device 1.0 on pci2
>iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:12:f0:a2:bf:98
>-=-
>
>However, I need to get the firmware loaded before wpa_supplicant starts 
>for those WPA networks I attach to. (which is why I still have a ath0 
>card sitting around)
>
>Right now, the preferred method seems to be having a 
>local/etc/devd/iwi.conf defined like so:
>
>-=-
>% more /usr/local/etc/devd/iwi.conf
># devd configuration file for the iwi driver.
># This file downloads the firmware on attach and starts up dhclient 
># if configured.
>#
>attach 100 {
>        device-name "iwi0";
>        action "/usr/local/sbin/iwicontrol -i iwi0 
>-d /usr/local/share/iwi-firmware/ -m bss";
>};
>
># Try to start dhclient when the link comes up.  
># Only devices that are configured to support DHCP will actually
># run it.  No link down rule exists because dhclient automatically exits
># when the link goes down.
>#
>notify 100 {
>        match "system"          "IFNET";
>        match "subsystem"       "iwi0";
>        match "type"            "LINK_UP";
>        action "/etc/rc.d/dhclient start iwi0";
>};
>-=-
>
>Yet when the system boots I get a error when wpa_supplicant starts up:
>
>-=-
>iwi0: Please load firmware
>-=-
>
>Is what I have defined in iwi.conf enough, or am I missing a piece here?
>
>Best Wishes - Peter
>  
>