Dan McGhee wrote: > This is one of those things between LFS and BLFS, but since I've been > flooding the LFS list I thought I'd go here with this one even though > most who monitor here monitor the LFS list. This also involves wireless > and LFS doesn't do that. > > I think this is a driver and module situation, but I wanted to ask just > to make sure whether or not I need to reconfigure my kernel. Using > LFS-7.4 build and a few packages from BLFS-SVN. > > I got the following messages on boot: > > Starting wpa_supplicant on the wlan0 interface > <then shifted to kernel messages> > ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00 lib_request_ firmware: Info-loading firmware file > 'rt329.bin' (could have been 3290) > ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error-Failed to request Firmware > > This sequence is repeated three times followed by a line of ....... in > red (assuming this comes from bootscripts) and then the system tries to > start dhcpd and stalls. > > The rt2x00 and rt329(0 ?) are part of my wireless driver system. The > options were marked "experimental" in the configuration menu. Here are > the configuration options that I have: > >> CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y >> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y >> CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="" >> CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE=y >> CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM=y >> CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_FIRMWARE=y >> CONFIG_CYPRESS_FIRMWARE=m >> CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE=y >> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y >> CONFIG_FIRMWARE_MEMMAP=y > and >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT3290=y > and further for the rt2800 >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI=m >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT33XX=y >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT35XX=y >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT53XX=y >> CONFIG_RT2800PCI_RT3290=y >> CONFIG_RT2800USB=m >> CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT33XX=y >> CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT35XX=y >> CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT53XX=y >> # CONFIG_RT2800USB_RT55XX is not set >> CONFIG_RT2800USB_UNKNOWN=y >> CONFIG_RT2800_LIB=m > and using <find> for *rt2800* yielded > >> /mnt/lfs/lib/modules/3.10.10/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko >> /mnt/lfs/lib/modules/3.10.10/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko >> /mnt/lfs/lib/modules/3.10.10/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.ko > > I see two options: > > 1. Reconfigure the kernel with CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=n, but I've > don't ever remember having to do that. > 2. Edit ifconfig files so that this doesn't happen on boot and try to > figure it out. > > Comments? Other options?
When trying to figure out this type of thing, first eliminate the scripts. Get it working manually, then address the scripts. I don't have a wireless system to check right now, but IIRC, you first want to bring up wireless-tools. Does 'iwlist scan' give you any usable info? Can you connect? I don't remember the sequence I used with wpa_supplication and wireless-tools, but once that is up either dhcp or a static address is done the same as a wired connection. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
