Wireless on hp 6710b

[besideinfo]

--- Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close at clearchain.com>
wrote:

> besideinfo wrote:
> > --- 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).
> >>
> >> 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.
> >> 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 
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> > Sorry my previous post was incomplete.
> >
> > 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. 
> > The modules if_wpi, wlan_scan_sta and wlan_scan_ap
> do
> > not exists. 
> >
> > I forgot to say that this the first time I use
> freeBSD
> > a mailing list and above my english is bad. So any
> > advice are well accept.
> >
> >   
> Some modules will not load as they are built into
> the kernel by default.
> Are you able to post the results of:
> 
> ifconfig -v wpi0
> 
> a:
> 
> dmesg |grep wpi
> 
> would help after you boot verbosely (an option when
> FreeBSD starts)
> Cheers,
>     Benjamin
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The result of ifconfig is:
freebsd-box#  ifconfig -v wpi0
ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist

the result for dmesg is:
freebsd-box# dmesg |grep wpi
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/wpifw.ko" at
0xc087d578.
firmware: 'wpifw' version 2144: 149652 bytes loaded at
0xc07e9520

regards



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