FreeBSD 11 doesn't load firmware to wifi card. Worked in FreeBSD 10.3.

[Andriy Voskoboinyk]

Sun, 18 Dec 2016 23:23:43 +0200 було написано Morgan Wesström  
<freebsd-wireless at pp.dyndns.biz>:

Hello,

The firmware is loaded when interface starts running; try to execute
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev run0 up

> Dear list.
>
> I need some pointers how to track down this problem. Most likely I've  
> simply forgotten something fundamental. I've been running an usb based  
> Zyxel NWD2705 wifi dongle as an access point on my FreeBSD 10.3  
> installation for a long time. After installing a FreeBSD 11 and moving  
> the dongle there, dmesg doesn't show any indication of loading the  
> firmware. As instructed in "man 4 run" I've added the following two  
> lines to the kernel config on both machines and recompiled and installed:
>
> device run
> device runfw
>
> FreeBSD 11 runs a GENERIC kernel with these two lines added and FreeBSD  
> 10.3 runs the same but with all unused modules removed.
>
> dmesg of FreeBSD 10.3 shows the following:
>
> ugen7.2: <ZyXEL> at usbus7
> run0: <ZyXEL NWD2705, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 2> on usbus7
> run0: MAC/BBP RT3593 (rev 0x0402), RF RT3053 (MIMO 3T3R), address  
> 28:28:5d:fc:79:81
> run0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> run0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> run0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps  
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> wlan0: bpf attached
> wlan0: bpf attached
> wlan0: Ethernet address: 28:28:5d:fc:79:81
> run0: firmware RT3071 ver. 0.33 loaded
> run0: firmware RT3071 ver. 0.33 loaded
>
> dmesg on FreeBSD 11 shows this:
>
> ugen7.2: <ZyXEL> at usbus7
> run0 on uhub0
> run0: <ZyXEL NWD2705, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 2> on usbus7
> run0: MAC/BBP RT3593 (rev 0x0402), RF RT3053 (MIMO 3T3R), address  
> 28:28:5d:fc:79:81
> run0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> run0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> run0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps  
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>
> No indication of firmware being loaded but also an extra line "run0: on  
> uhub0" if that matters. Neither does any run0 interface show up with  
> ifconfig. How can I trace what the firmware subsystem is doing and why  
> it doesn't push the firmware to this card?

The device is no longer visible via ifconfig; use 'sysctl net.wlan.devices'
instead.

>
> Regards
> Morgan
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