usb rtwn not loaded properly at boot

Yuri Pankov yuripv at yuripv.net
Tue Sep 18 08:41:22 UTC 2018


Johannes Lundberg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:27 AM Yuri Pankov <yuripv at yuripv.net> wrote:
> 
>> Johannes Lundberg wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have (with 12-ALPHA5)
>>>
>>> /boot/loader.conf
>>> rtwn_load="YES"
>>> if_urtw_usb_load="YES"
>>
>> rtwn(4) thinks this should be if_rtwn_usb_load="YES".
>>
> 
> Ah yes. Sorry about that. I still suffer confusion from the rename.
> Still, it doesn't change anything since if_rtwn_usb was loaded anyway.

OK, just making sure.

My guess based on experience with iwm where I need to specify both 
if_iwm_load="YES" *and* iwm8265fw_load="YES" would be explicitly loading 
the firmware you need from loader.conf.

>>> /etc/rc.conf
>>> wlans_rtwn0="wlan0"
>>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>>>
>>> but still after boot only lo0 exists and all modules are loaded.
>>>
>>> Manually running
>>> ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev rtwn0
>>> sets up the interface correctly.
>>>
>>> In my kernel config I have
>>> MODULES_OVERRIDE="....usb rtwn_usb rtwn ...."
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure this has worked before... Any clues?



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