if_wpi will not work for me

[Dennis Melentyev]

Checked with AP - everything is fine so far.

2008/3/20, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev at gmail.com>:
> Hi again, Gary!
>
>  I've just managed to upgrade to RELENG_7. Internal WiFi generally
>  works for me: device is present, air scanning works. Not checked for
>  AP connectivity though.
>
>  Please, let me know if you have any progress with configs/etc.
>
>  PS. D830 is pretty good thing except sound not working for loud and
>  some microphone problems are there. Also, do not know if BlueTooth and
>  any of card slots are working.
>
>  2008/3/20, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello Gary,
>  >
>  >  Everything looks reasonable. Attached is a collection of data on my
>  >  setup (note driver version is quite old!!!). Have no chance yet to try
>  >  with newer one.
>  >
>  >  There is an ambiguity in wpa_supplicant and rc.conf settings, but I
>  >  gave both configs just to be fair. AFAIU, rc.conf is used ATM.
>  >
>  >  Also note, that I have no AP at work, so device is not associated in
>  >  the logs. But it does work at home.
>  >
>  >  2008/3/20, knowtree at aloha.com <knowtree at aloha.com>:
>  >
>  > > > My notebook is HP Compaq nc2400 running FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > kldload if_wpi give me
>  >  >  > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem
>  >  >  > 0xf0000000-0xf0000fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci8
>  >  >  > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: wpi0: could not allocate memory resource
>  >  >  > Mar 18 10:29:34 juba kernel: device_attach: wpi0 attach returned 6
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > and ifconfig show no wpi0
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > I have not seen this behaviour mentioned before, so could anyone
>  >  >  > give me some hints, please?
>  >  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > > mvh
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > johan
>  >  >
>  >  >  I have been describing related problems in a different thread, but it might
>  >  >  help others if I join this one.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Before I go on, a big mahalo (thanks) to everyone with advice on how to get
>  >  >  my Lucent Gold wifi card working better. Much better now.
>  >  >
>  >  >  My Dell Latitude D830 has a built-in wifi interface which Dennis Melentyev
>  >  >  said might work with the wpi driver. I followed his advice and the
>  >  >  instructions on the wpi man page, but no luck yet.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Here is my entire /boot/loader.conf file, which includes stuff for the
>  >  >  sound card (which does not send output through the built-in speakers, which
>  >  >  is not much of a loss).
>  >  >
>  >  >  sound_load="YES"
>  >  >  snd_hda_load="YES"
>  >  >  # enable ATAPI/CAM driver for CD-ROM
>  >  >  atapicam_load="YES"
>  >  >  # enable wpi wireless driver for Dell internal
>  >  >  legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
>  >  >  if_wpi_load="YES"
>  >  >  wlan_load="YES"
>  >  >  wlan_amrr_load="YES"
>  >  >  firmware_load="YES"
>  >  >  wpifw_load="YES"
>  >  >
>  >  >  Does it matter what sequence these come in?
>  >  >
>  >  >  Here the output of kldstat:
>  >  >
>  >  >  Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  >  >   1   19 0xc0400000 926ed4   kernel
>  >  >   2    2 0xc0d27000 4a5ac    sound.ko
>  >  >   3    1 0xc0d72000 14324    snd_hda.ko
>  >  >   4    1 0xc0d87000 4d20     atapicam.ko
>  >  >   5    1 0xc0d8c000 f140     if_wpi.ko
>  >  >   6    1 0xc0d9c000 25f60    wpifw.ko
>  >  >   7    1 0xc0dc2000 6a1c4    acpi.ko
>  >  >   8    1 0xc5987000 22000    linux.ko
>  >  >
>  >  >  I noticed some things not listed, wlan, wlan_amrr, and firmware. Just for
>  >  >  fun I tried loading them manually, and got this:
>  >  >
>  >  >  # kldload wlan.ko
>  >  >  kldload: can't load wlan.ko: File exists
>  >  >
>  >  >  The other two, wlan_amrr, and firmware, do the same. I suspect that means
>  >  >  those modules are configured into the kernel. ???
>  >  >
>  >  >  When the system boots I see no sign of activity from wpi0. It does not
>  >  >  appear in /var/run/dmesg.boot or /var/log/messages. Is there a log file for
>  >  >  loader.conf?
>  >  >
>  >  >  The computer has an LED that is on in Windows (it comes on about half way
>  >  >  through the boot sequence), but remains off when I boot into FreeBSD from
>  >  >  power-on. The slider switch on the side of the computer does not switch on
>  >  >  the radio. If I go into Windows, then restart and select FreeBSD, the LED
>  >  >  remains on but with no change, still nothing in the logs or in the output
>  >  >  of ifconfig.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I can load and unload if_wpi without error.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I added this to /etc/rc.conf:
>  >  >
>  >  >  network_interfaces=bge0 wi0 wpi0
>  >  >
>  >  >  to try to force recognition of wpi0 but no change. (bge0 is the built-in
>  >  >  wired Ethernet NIC.)
>  >  >
>  >  >  Any suggestions?
>  >  >
>  >  >  Gary Dunn
>  >  >  Open Slate Project
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  >
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