mwl(4) depends on non-existant mwlfw_fw (mwlfw doesn't implement mwlfw_fw)

Bernhard Schmidt bschmidt at techwires.net
Sun Sep 5 17:13:14 UTC 2010


On Sunday 05 September 2010 18:52:05 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Sunday 05 September 2010 17:53:08 Bruce Cran wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was trying to help someone on IRC with a card that should be
> > supported by the mwl(4) driver, but it seems it's broken: mwlfw(4)
> > doesn't implement mwlfw_fw which if_mwl depends on
> > ("MODULE_DEPEND(mwl, mwlfw_fw, 1, 1, 1);").
> 
> This is wrong. It should depend on firmware(9), which also takes care of
> loading the adequate firmware modules.
> 
> > Should it be trying to load mw88W8363fw dynamically instead?
> 
> Yes, firmware(9) does that.
> 
> > The same error appears to be in malo(4) too - and neither mwlfw(4) or
> > malofw(4) are installed during an installkernel despite mwl(4) and
> > malo(4) being installed.
> 
> Seems like there is a MFC missing those get installed on HEAD.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=144494

> > malo(4) should also be updated to list "device malofw" in the top
> > section. malofw(4) doesn't exist yet.

-- 
Bernhard


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