Zyxel NWD210N not accepted at boot time but after plugging it in again

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Saturday 17 December 2011 20:11:05 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Saturday 17 December 2011 06:58:56 Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > 
> > I have a simple problem with this Zyxel wireless adaptor. I am not able to use it directly after a reboot. The interface becomes only available after I unplug it and plug it in again.
> > 
> > I believe that this is the crucial message:
> > 
> > run0: could not load 8051 microcode
> > 
> > As I have said, it all works as expected after I plugged it in again.
> > 
> > Here is my dmesg with the messages regarding the device. The first part is from the boot and the remaining is from the replugging.
> > 
> > run0: <1.0> on usbus1
> > run0: MAC/BBP RT2860 (rev 0x0102), RF RT2820 (MIMO 2T2R), address 00:19:cb:85:aa:76
> > runfw: root not mounted yet, no way to load image
> > run0: failed loadfirmware of file runfw
> > run0: could not load 8051 microcode
> > device_attach: run0 attach returned 6
> > run0: <1.0> on usbus1
> > run0: MAC/BBP RT2860 (rev 0x0102), RF RT2820 (MIMO 2T2R), address 00:19:cb:85:aa:76
> > run0: firmware RT2870 loaded
> > 
> > I think that the explanation is so simple but I do not see it.
> 
> run(4) tries to load the firmware on attach at which point the root
> filesystem isn't yet mounted. Actually I think the prefered behaviour
> is to load it during init, not sure this is possible for run(4)
> though. Someone should check this. :)
> 
> As a workaround you can add runfw_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf

this made it work.

You seem to be German. You know then the line 'den Wald vor lauter Baeumen ...'

Thanks for your help.

Erich
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> Bernhard
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