From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 20:04:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67C71065672 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 20:04:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878708FC1A for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 20:04:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4HK3h5E012559 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 17 May 2010 13:03:43 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id DDC041CC26; Mon, 17 May 2010 13:03:42 -0700 (PDT) To: Christian Walther In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 May 2010 21:26:42 +0200." Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:03:42 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20100517200342.DDC041CC26@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-05-17_04:2010-02-06, 2010-05-17, 2010-05-17 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1005170139 Cc: Warren Block , Dominic Fandrey , stable-list freebsd Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 20:04:07 -0000 > Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:26:42 +0200 > From: Christian Walther > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Hi, > > On 17 May 2010 17:05, Warren Block wrote: > > On Mon, 17 May 2010, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > >>[...] > > > The ipw card in my T42 is the older mini-PCI (no "e"). > > Yes, and replacing this card is a problem, because the wireless card > in many IBM Thinkpad Laptops have a custom firmware, and the cards ID > is listed in the laptops BIOS. It won't work with any card not listed > there. There are ways to either flash the cards firmware or the BIOS > list, but I don't think that it's worth it. Assuming the the Atheros you are installing is one that IBM/Lenovo used, it will work fine. The 5212 in the mini-PCI format was sold by IBM for the t-40, T-42, and T-43 laptops and works fine. Other cards will probably not work in the T-42. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751