Re: Wireless on hp 6710b
Benjamin Close <[email protected]>
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besideinfo wrote: > --- Yousif Hassan <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"