Intel PRO/Wireless 6050 in 8.1-RELEASE Problems

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On Friday, October 29, 2010 10:32:52 me at kmwhite.net wrote:
> I've installed FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE on a Dell Latitude E6410. Most hardware
> works just fine, but I'm having a hell of a time with the wifi. Everytime I
> try to associate with an access point, my terminal replies with:
> 
> [..]
> iwn6050fw_load="YES"
> [..]
> iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6050> mem 0xe6e00000-0xe6e01fff irq 17 at
> [..]
> iwn0: iwn_hw_init: timeout waiting for adapter to initialize, error 35
> iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not initialize hardware, error 35
> iwn0: iwn_hw_init: timeout waiting for adapter to initialize, error 35
> iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not initialize hardware, error 35
> 
> I know that that error has to be part of the problem. I just don't know
> what to do next, and haven't been able to find any help further. Any ideas?
> Additionally, any thing I forgot to add, please let me know.

The messages indicate that you are using 8.1-RELEASE, but afaik 8.1 does not 
have the 6050 firmware module, did you get that from stable?

If you're able to try stable/8, please do so, there have been a few 
additions/fixes regarding 6000 series chips which are not in 8.1-RELEASE.

-- 
Bernhard