iwi won't switch on at boot

[Maxim Khitrov]

On 6/12/07, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:
> I have an acer laptop with an intel 2200 wifi; when I had PCBSD 1.3
> installed I could boot from cold and have the wireless start up properly
> (it's using wpa with a hidden ssid ap). After I installed freebsd 6.2 I
> cannot get the wireless to come up on first boot. I seem to have to
> switch the wireless on and then reboot. I think under PCBSD is used to
> have to do something like
>    sysctl dev.iwi.0.radio=1
> in one of the startup scripts to make this work. Now however when I
> execute that I see a message saying that oid is read only. Is there some
> way to get this wifi starting properly again?
>
> --
> Robin Becker
>
> various bits of information
>
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD xxx.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30
> UTC 2007     root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386
> $ kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>   1   15 0xc0400000 70794c   kernel
>   2    1 0xc0b08000 1adb8    linux.ko
>   3    1 0xc0b23000 e1a8     if_iwi.ko
>   4    2 0xc0b32000 2d60     firmware.ko
>   5    1 0xc0b35000 2cf4     wlan_acl.ko
>   6    1 0xc0b38000 59f20    acpi.ko
>   7    1 0xc4f27000 4000     logo_saver.ko
> $ pkg_info | grep iwi
> iwi-firmware-2.4_7  Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Driver Firmware
> iwi-firmware-kmod-3.0_2 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Firmware Kernel Module
>
> $ cat /boot/loader.conf
> if_iwi_load="YES"
> firmware_load="YES"
> wlan_load="YES"
> wlan_acl_load="YES"
> wlan_wep_load="YES"
> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
> wlan_tkip_load="YES"
>
> messages
> ====== initial boot
> Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xb010
>     1000-0xb0101fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci6
> Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:a1:2e:8e
> Jun 10 08:53:01 xxx kernel: iwi0: radio turned off
>
> ====== after switch pressed
> Jun 10 08:55:17 xxx kernel: iwi0: radio turned on
>
> ====== after reboot
> Jun 10 09:14:44 xxx kernel: iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xb010
>     1000-0xb0101fff irq 17 at device 4.0 on pci6
> Jun 10 09:14:44 xxx kernel: iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:a1:2e:8e

Take a look at this thread, it helped me get iwi working on my Fujitsu
laptop: http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48251&page=2&pp=15#postmenu_254754

- Max