[regression] The USB WiFi card stopped working: if_run doesn't create the 'run0' interface any more
Rodney W. Grimes
freebsd-rwg at pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net
Wed Jul 4 14:27:18 UTC 2018
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> On 07/03/18 18:13, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > Do you get the same failure condition if you use the
> > wpa_supplicant from the base system?
>
>
> Same failure with the base wpa_supplicant.
>
> Creating wlan0 by hand helps, but this should happen automatically.
> restarting devd service also helps.
>
>
> I think wlan0 creation happens before wpa_supplicant due to the
> instruction 'wlans_run0="wlan0"'.
>
> Something changed in /etc/network.subr or /etc/rc.d/netif or in devd or
> its configuration.
Devd/devmatch is one of the largest changes recently,
it could be something in that code path.
Do you get the if_run.ko module loaded? What does kldstat show
immediately after boot and before you try to "fix" anything with
ifconfig.
> It definitely did create the run0 interface before, and now it doesn't.
I wonder if the kernel module is no longer loading...
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Rod Grimes rgrimes at freebsd.org
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