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On 11/30/06, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> > On 11/29/06, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > > I switched to udev-103 recently, and now when I boot I find that |
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> ipw3945d |
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> > > is not getting started, which causes my wireless card to not appear at |
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> > > all. "rmmod ipw3945; modprobe ipw3945" once the system has started |
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> works. |
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> > > |
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> > > Any advice? |
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> > my /etc/modules.d/ipw3945 file contains the following: |
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> ipw3945d, I assume? |
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> > install ipw3945 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw3945 ; sleep 0.2; |
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> > /sbin/ipw3945d --quiet |
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> > remove ipw3945 /sbin/ipw3945d --kill ; sleep 0.2; /sbin/modprobe -r |
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> > --ignore-remove ipw3945 |
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> > alias pci:v00008086d00004222sv*sd*bc*sc*i* off |
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> > alias pci:v00008086d00004227sv*sd*bc*sc*i* off |
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> > |
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> > The alias lines are necessary to prevent udev from coldplugging the |
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> > driver which otherwise would occur at a very early point in the boot |
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> > sequence...in fact before /var is mounted on my system. Without /var |
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> > mounted and read-write, ipw3945d cannot start. |
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> > I then "/sbin/modprobe ipw3945" in /etc/conf.d/local.start to load the |
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> > module near the end of the boot sequence. |
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> > Perhaps you need to do something similar? |
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> That's probably the same thing I need (except / rw should be sufficient |
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> for me, so I think I can use /etc/modules.autoload). |
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> I wonder if udev can be configured not to load the module. Probably the |
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> right thing is really to have ipw3945d run as regular service. It'd be |
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> nice if ipw3945 produced class net node for the device when the daemon |
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> isn't running, and just required the daemon to actually turn it on. |
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> -Daniel |
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> *This .sig left intentionally blank* |
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> -- |
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> if you use the testing versoin of ipw3945d it comes with an rc |
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startscript, maybe that helps. |
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I 'm using ipw3945d testing an I didn't had problems after updating udev to |
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