Wireless on hp 6710b

[besideinfo]

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

> besideinfo wrote:
> > --- Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >   
> >> Hmm.  On re-reading the whole thread I notice
> that
> >> you didn't show what
> >> Andrey asked about, and while I don't know if it
> >> should actually affect
> >> the module loading, it's said that you need this
> in
> >> your loader.conf:
> >>
> >> : Also make sure if license acknowledge variable
> is
> >> set (use kenv on
> >> : this purpose):
> >> : # kenv | grep 'wpi'
> >> : legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
> >>
> >> Otherwise it does look like your 6.3 install is
> >> missing something.
> >>
> >> cheers, Ian
> >>
> >> (Sam, sorry if I complicated matters, but many
> new
> >> users don't know
> >> about using 'kldstat -v' to check modules, in my
> >> humble experience)
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > At this point I believe it is better to summarize
> all
> > I have done so far.
> >
> > I rebuilt my kernel the same day I installed
> freeBSD.
> > I followed the instructions on the handbook, and
> all
> > process was successfully completed.
> >
> > Later, I realized that the wireless card wasn't
> > working, and after some posts I found out(with
> your
> > help) ath0 wasn't suitable for the wireless card. 
> >
> > Because of that I decided to "rebuild again" the
> > kenel, but this time I removed all wireless
> devices
> > from the configuration file and used the
> > /boot/conf.loader so configurated:
> >
> > #hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > After reboot I the freebsd still wasn't able to
> "see"
> > the wireless card. Following there are the result
> of
> > parts of the tests you asked  me to do:
> > ----------------
> > freebsd-box# 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
> > -------------------
> > 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
> > --------------------
> > freebsd-box# kenv | grep 'wpi'
> > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack="1"
> > --------------------
> > freebsd-box# ifconfig -v wpi0
> > ifconfig: interface wpi0 does not exist
> > --------------------
> >
> >   
> The problem you are facing is caused by the driver
> module not being loaded
> You should have a file: if_wpi.ko when you run
> kldstat -v
> Because that module is not loaded you won't see the
> wpi0 interface.
> 
> In previous email you stated that you don't have
> /boot/kernel/if_wpi.ko
> That seems very wrong, as the driver should be built
> as part of a kernel 
> build.
> The quick fix for your problem is:
> 
> cd /usr/src/sys/modules/wpi
> make
> make install
> 
> That should provide you with the module you need.
> Why it was not built in the first place on your
> system I've got no idea.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Benjamin
> 

Benjamin the path "" dcd
/usr/src/sys/modules/wpioesn't exist, and I don't know
why. Maybe when I install freebsd I did something
wrong. Should I use sysinstall to get the missing
files?

greetings


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