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    Cannot load mwl driver (kernel provided firmware image doesn't load)

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      deajan
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      Hello,

      I'm trying to get my Netgear WN311T PCI card to work with pfSense 2.1 release (chip Marvell Topdog 8363).
      On boot, i can see the following messages

      mwl0: <marvell 88w8363="">mem 0xf0b10000-0xf0b1ffff,0xf0b00000-0xf0b0ffff irq 16 at device 12.0 on pci17
      mwl0: [ITHREAD]
      mwl0: load mw88W8363fw firmware image (94940 bytes)
      mwl0: unable to setup builtin firmware
      device_attach: mwl0 attach returned 6</marvell>

      I've tried to load a firmware found here : http://files.pfsense.org/jimp/ko-8.3/amd64/mw88W8363fw.ko

      Loaded it with

      kldload -v /boot/firmware/mw88W8363fw.ko
      

      It loads successfully (tested with kldstat) but mwl driver still doesn't work.

      I'm pretty sure that the kernel provided firmware doesn't work, but i don't know a way to force an external firmware (mwlfw_load="YES" doesn't work either).

      Can anyone give me the good direction ?

      Thank you.

      NetPOWER.fr - some opensource stuff for IT people

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        lsf
        last edited by

        Try this in loader.conf

        if_mwl_load="YES"

        -LSF

        -lsf

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          deajan
          last edited by

          Thanks, i've tried, but it doesn't make any difference, same error in dmesg.
          I've also tried mwlfw_load="YES" but it didn't do the trick neither.

          Any other clues i could investigate ?

          Thanks.

          NetPOWER.fr - some opensource stuff for IT people

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            deajan
            last edited by

            up  :o
            Been dying trying to find a solution. Please, anyone ?

            NetPOWER.fr - some opensource stuff for IT people

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