Wireless on hp 6710b

[besideinfo]

Hi Andrey,
from the kldstat I can see five modules are missing.
To be more specific the modules are:
     if_wpi.ko
     wlan_amrr.ko
     wpifw.ko
     wlan_scan_sta.ko
     wlan_scan_ap.ko

my pciconf looks like: 
# pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945
none2 at pci16:0:0:        class=0x028000 card=0x135c103c
chip=0x42228086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
    device     = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN
controller'
    class      = network

However, as you can see from the /boot/loader.conf,
the missing modules are declared.

firmware_load="YES"
if_wpi_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_amrr_load="YES"
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 
wpifw_load="YES"
wlan_xauth_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"

#Intel HDA Audio
snd_hda_load="YES".

>From the dmesg the only message related to the
wireless is the following:
KLD file wlan_amrr.ko - could not finalize loading

regards
Agostino 


--- Andrey <andrey.kosachenko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, besideinfo!
> 
> It sounds like you've not loaded properly all the
> required modules.
> 
> Make sure that everything you encountered in
> /boot/loader.conf is 
> actually loaded (on this purpose use kldstat for
> example. NOTE I cut off 
> unnecessary output below):
> 
> # kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> ....
>   4    1 0xc08f8000 ebc4     if_wpi.ko
>   5    9 0xc0907000 2bfc0    wlan.ko
>   6    3 0xc0933000 30a8     firmware.ko
>   7    2 0xc0937000 1dc8     wlan_amrr.ko
>   8    1 0xc0939000 25f50    wpifw.ko
>   9    1 0xc095f000 1b3c     wlan_xauth.ko
> 10    1 0xc0961000 2e2c     wlan_wep.ko
> 11    1 0xc0964000 6ec4     wlan_ccmp.ko
> 12    1 0xc096b000 417c     wlan_tkip.ko
> 13    1 0xc0970000 51dc     wlan_scan_sta.ko
> 14    1 0xc0976000 1924     wlan_scan_ap.ko
> .....
> 
> Also make sure if license acknowledge variable is
> set (use kenv on this 
> purpose):
> # kenv | grep 'wpi'
> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
> 
> After all you should obtain smth. like this:
> 
> # pciconf -lv | grep -B2 -A1 3945
> wpi0 at pci0:16:0:0:       class=0x028000
> card=0x135c103c chip=0x42228086 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>      vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>      device     = '10418086 Intel 3945ABG Wireless
> LAN controller'
>      class      = network
> 
> Also may it be you've already got support for wpi
> device in your kernel 
> (as it is in ). So you don't need load modules
> you've in you kernel. But 
> anyway firmware *must be* loaded before driver will
> work. According to 
> documentation it is strict requirement.
> 
> PS:
> Please, for further discussion make CC to
> freebsd-mobile at . It'll help to 
> sort out your issue much faster.
> 
> --
> Sincerely,
> Andrey Kosachenko


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