Problem (maybe a solution) loading iwi firmware: firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss

[Don Wilde]

On 7/28/06, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 20:41, Don Wilde wrote:
> > On 7/27/06, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thursday 27 July 2006 14:28, Erik Nørgaard wrote:
> > > > Hi:
> > > >
> > > > This question has been on various lists lately, maybe I'm on the
> right
> > > > track:
> > >
> > > Use the iwi-firmware-kmod port.  You need the module wrappers around
> the
> > > firmware in /boot/modules, not the raw firmware in
> /boot/firmware.  That
> > > is
> > > the older way of doing things.
> > >
> > > > There is some development, I'm not sure if it has been imported into
> the
> > > > source tree yet,
> > > >
> > > >   http://people.freebsd.org/~mlaier/new_iwi/
> > >
> > > Yes, it is in -current and I believe -stable now, and this just works
> fine
> > > with the iwi-firmware-kmod port.
> > >
> > > In short, upgrade to 6.1-stable, install the iwi-firmware-kmod port,
> and
> > > everything should Just Work(tm).  It does here on my laptop (albeit
> > > running
> > > 7-current).
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Baldwin
> > >
> >
> > Erik, John -
> >
> > I've gotten it working. It appears that the firmware kmod was getting
> > loaded, but it was barfing on one of the extensions of the ifconfig I
> had
> > installed. My old ifconfig was:
> >
> > ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP ssid rewired channel 11 authmode shared weptxkey 1
> > wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890"
> >
> > and my new one is:
> >
> > ifconfig_iwi0="DHCP ssid rewired weptxkey 1 wepmode on wepkey
> 0x1234567890"
> >
> > I also changed the access point config to leave those open for
> negotiation.
> >
> > This error message still exists, just before 'Additional TCP options: .'
> >
> > iwicontrol:
> > Can't load firmware to driver
> > :
> > Invalid argument
> > .
>
> Well, I use wpa_supplicant to setup WEP, though I'm not sure that is
> what is the issue.  Why are you using iwicontrol, btw?  You shouldn't be
> using iwicontrol to load the firmware anymore.  The driver now asks for
> the firmware directly when it needs it.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>

Hi, John -

I'm not asking for it, something in (I guess) one of the rc files is doing
so....

grepping: Yep, /usr/local/etc/rc.d/iwi.sh.

Amazing what you find laying around in the attic. :)