Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:48:21 +1030 From: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: Lars Engels <lme@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <472A7ADD.3010002@clearchain.com> In-Reply-To: <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net>
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Max Laier wrote: > On Friday 02 November 2007, Lars Engels wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: >> >>> Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' >>> experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require >>> your help in making it become stable. >>> Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but >>> in general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not >>> yet supported). >>> >>> If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: >>> >>> >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi. >>> tar.gz >>> >>> Untar and follow the instructions in the README. >>> If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ >>> checkout: >>> >>> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi >>> >>> I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working >>> as expected, etc. The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few >>> messages to be dumped to the screen whilst in use. >>> >>> Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the >>> driver along the way. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Benjamin >>> >> Good to know that someone is still working on it. >> However, it doesn't work for me. I cannot load the firmware: >> >> lars@ttyp3 # kldload wpifw >> lars@ttyp3 # dmesg >> wpifw: You need to read the LICENSE file in >> /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/. wpifw: If you agree with the license, >> set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf. >> module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpifw_fw, 0xc6d1151c, 0) error 1 >> >> lars@ttyp3 # grep legal.intel_wpi.license_ack /boot/loader.conf >> legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 >> >> lars@ttyp3 # sysctl legal >> sysctl: unknown oid 'legal' >> > > It's not a sysctl it's in kenv, but if it's in loader.conf it should be in > kenv, too. > > >> And I even read the license! ;-) >> > > > You shouldn't need to manually kldload the wpifw, wpi will pull it in for you. However, if you have the line in loader.conf it should work - I take it you did reboot for the setting to be grabbed? Cheers, Benjamin
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