Wireless on hp 6710b

[besideinfo]

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

> From: "besideinfo" <besideinfo at yahoo.com>
> >
> > --- Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Benjamin Close 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).
> >>
> >> [..]
> >>
> >> To besideinfo:
> >>
> >> In which case you should use kldstat -v to show
> all
> >> in-kernel modules.
> >> This can be a big list, so perhaps best search
> for
> >> 'missing' ones with:
> >>
> >>  kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan'
> >>
> >> If they're there then there's no need to load
> them
> >> in /boot/loader.conf
> >>
> >> cheers, Ian
> >>
> >
> > As you asked following the output  for kldstat -v
> |
> > egrep 'wpi|wlan'
> >
> > freebsd-box# kldstat -v | egrep 'wpi|wlan'
> > 5    5 0xc07c7000 1edf8    wlan.ko
> >                 4 wlan
> > 7    1 0xc07e8000 26414    wpifw.ko
> >                 5 wpifw_fw
> > 8    1 0xc080f000 1b10     wlan_xauth.ko
> >                 6 wlan_xauth
> > 9    1 0xc0811000 2d08     wlan_wep.ko
> >                 7 wlan_wep
> > 10    1 0xc0814000 6d04     wlan_ccmp.ko
> >                 8 wlan_ccmp
> > 11    1 0xc081b000 4000     wlan_tkip.ko
> >                 9 wlan_tkip
> >
> > I try to use kldload, and the result make me
> believe
> > that I'm missing the wpi driver or part  of it.
> >
> > freebsd-box# kldload if_wpi
> > kldload: can't load if_wpi: No such file or
> directory
> >
> > freebsd-box# kldload wlan_scan_sta
> > kldload: can't load wlan_scan_sta: No such file or
> > directory
> >
> > I'm thinking to reinstall freebsd maybe I did
> > something wrong from the beginning.
> >
> > greetings
> 
> It's becoming pretty clear that the reason you can't
> load the wpi module is 
> because you may be missing some kernel module files
> (this is why we asked 
> what happens if you manually kldload if_wpi).
> 
> Do you see an if_wpi.ko (and the other "missing"
> modules) in /boot/kernel/? 

As I said before the modules if_wpi, wlan_scan_sta and
wlan_scan_ap do not exists. I try to locate them but
without result.  

> If not, search for them elsewhere on the system - if
> they're in the wrong 
> directory, move them into /boot/kernel.
> 
> If they're completely missing, I wonder if you
> rebuilt a kernel incorrectly,

Yes I rebuilt the kernel, and I followed the
instruction. I made some changing on the kernel
configuration files, but the compilation process
 was completed without any error.
 
> or anything like that.  You don't have to reinstall
> FBSD.  Just rebuild the 
> kernel according to the instructions in the FreeBSD
> Handbook.  Make sure all 
> the object binaries are cleaned out before you
> start.  That should rebuild 
> the modules, too, and when you install the kernel,
> it will put them into 
> /boot/kernel

Please Yousif what you mean by "Make sure all the
object binaries are cleaned out".  If it can help, I
can post my configuration file.

regards






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