Wireless on hp 6710b

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--- Yousif Hassan <yousif at alumni.jmu.edu> wrote:

> I don't really understand what you mean here.  Do
> you mean they do not show 
> up in kldstat at all, or that they do show up in
> kldstat but are still 
> "missing" in terms of being attached?  (Both
> scenarios possible).

what I mean is that the five modules are declared in
the loader.conf, but kldstat doesn't show them up. 

I tried to locate the five module using the locate
command, but the only modules presents on my notebook
are:
 wlan_amrr.ko and 
wpifw.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
> 
> I'm not sure if it'll matter - my pciconf is ever so
> slightly different:
> class=0x028000 card=0x135b103c chip=0x42228086
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>                                              ^
> I have b instead of c but I doubt this matters,
> however only a developer of 
> wpi could answer definitively.
> 
> > 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
> 
> It sounds like it could be because the modules are
> failing to load - which 
> may *not* be a problem with the wireless card
> itself, but something else. 
> If they *are* loading, but the device is not
> attaching, then the problem 
> could be related to some hardware in your system.
> 
> Did you try manually loading the if_wpi.ko module? 
> What error do you get? 
> There have been some bugs reported with certain PCI
> implementations that 
> cause wpi not to attach, but I haven't (personally)
> seen any bad reports for 
> HPs.  My HP works, although it's a later model than
> yours.  In those cases, 
> the kernel module loads but doesn't attach.
> 
> (Also, try not to top-post, it makes tracking the
> current spot in the 
> conversation harder for new people coming into the
> thread who may want to 
> help you.)
> 
> --Yousif 
> 
> 

I forgot to say that this the first time I use freeBSD
a mailing list and above my english is bad. 


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