Problem (maybe a solution) loading iwi firmware: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss

[John Baldwin]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 20:41, Don Wilde wrote:
> On 7/27/06, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thursday 27 July 2006 14:28, Erik Nørgaard wrote:
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > This question has been on various lists lately, maybe I'm on the right
> > > track:
> >
> > Use the iwi-firmware-kmod port.  You need the module wrappers around the
> > firmware in /boot/modules, not the raw firmware in /boot/firmware.  That
> > is
> > the older way of doing things.
> >
> > > There is some development, I'm not sure if it has been imported into the
> > > source tree yet,
> > >
> > >   http://people.freebsd.org/~mlaier/new_iwi/
> >
> > Yes, it is in -current and I believe -stable now, and this just works fine
> > with the iwi-firmware-kmod port.
> >
> > In short, upgrade to 6.1-stable, install the iwi-firmware-kmod port, and
> > everything should Just Work(tm).  It does here on my laptop (albeit
> > running
> > 7-current).
> >
> > --
> > John Baldwin
> >
> 
> Erik, John -
> 
> I've gotten it working. It appears that the firmware kmod was getting
> loaded, but it was barfing on one of the extensions of the ifconfig I had
> installed. My old ifconfig was:
> 
> ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP ssid rewired channel 11 authmode shared weptxkey 1
> wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890"
> 
> and my new one is:
> 
> ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP ssid rewired weptxkey 1 wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890"
> 
> I also changed the access point config to leave those open for negotiation.
> 
> This error message still exists, just before 'Additional TCP options: .'
> 
> iwicontrol:
> Can't load firmware to driver
> :
> Invalid argument
> .

Well, I use wpa_supplicant to setup WEP, though I'm not sure that is
what is the issue.  Why are you using iwicontrol, btw?  You shouldn't be
using iwicontrol to load the firmware anymore.  The driver now asks for
the firmware directly when it needs it.

-- 
John Baldwin