Re: 8.0-BETA3: Cannot use iwn on Thinkpad R61

> From: Michael Ekstrand <michael_at_elehack.net>
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:49:44 -0500
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> 
> I was trying today to get 8.0-BETA3 amd64 usable on my laptop (Thinkpad
> R61, Intel 4965 wireless chipset) and so far have had no success.  iwnfw
> and if_iwn load without errors, but when I do
> 
> # ifconfig iwn0 list caps
> 
> it fails with "invalid argument."  Similarly, wpa_supplicant cannot
> initialize the interface (again reporting invalid argument).  `ifconfig
> iwn0 up scan` also fails, complaining that it cannot get the scan results

Looks like you need to read /usr/src/UPDATING or the iwn(4) man page.

In 8.0, wireless requires a rather different setup. You need to create a
wlan device and configure that interface. The man page has examples, but
the basic command would be: ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0
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