Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:07:06 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org> Cc: Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, sam@freebsd.org, Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Texas Instruments ACX100/111 IEEE 802.11 driver. Message-ID: <20081229100706.oofrqoupcssg4os8@0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <16941.1230506362@kewl.org> References: <20081227171821.GA7908@localhost.my.domain> <1230404518.38943.21.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <20081227191713.GA8736@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <1230406472.38943.27.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <20081227194431.GB8798@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <1230419982.38943.29.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <16941.1230506362@kewl.org>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_69wqqlpvkt0c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>: > In message <1230419982.38943.29.camel@wombat.2hip.net>, Robert Noland wrot= e: > > A good evening to you all. > >> --=3D-mDQMD2nWJ2bRbmY1f1zf >> Content-Type: text/plain >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 20:44 +0100, Alexey Shuvaev wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 02:34:32PM -0500, Robert Noland wrote: >>> > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 20:17 +0100, Alexey Shuvaev wrote: >>> > > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 02:01:58PM -0500, Robert Noland wrote: >>> > > > I have a linksys wpc54g v2 card which is a 111 part. The updated = p=3D >> ort >>> > > > does not autoload the firmware, but if I manually load the firmwar= e=3D >> , >>> > > > then it attaches. It doesn't quite work though. >>> > > >=3D20 >>> > > Nice (I mean that it attaches, at least :)! >>> > > Developer suggests loading appropriate firmware first. >>> > > You also need to use specialized acxtool, it is installed by the por= t=3D >> . >>> > > See (at the bottom): http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/ >>> > > (and man page if_axc(4) too). >>> > > Does this pushes the card to work? >>> >=3D20 >>> > acxtool does seem to set the ssid and channel, though it still doesn't >>> > seem to associate. Note that I am on -CURRENT. ifconfig continues to >>> > complain that channel is undefined regardless of what it is set to. >>> >=3D20 >>> > wombat% sudo acxtool acx0 -S "2HIP" -M managed -C 5 >>> > Setting ssid to 2HIP >>> > Setting infrastructure ess/bss capability >>> > Setting channel to 5 =3D20 >>> > wombat% ifconfig =3D20 >>> > acx0: flags=3D3D8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 >>> > ether 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2 >>> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect >>> > status: no carrier >>> > ifconfig: unable to get HT configuration information: Invalid argument >>> > ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 5 flags 0x0 >>> > ssid 2HIP% >>> >=3D20 >>> > robert. >>> >=3D20 >>> And what does 'sudo acxtool acx0' say after you have tried to configure >>> interface with acxtool with parameters? Anyway, seems it does not >>> play good with CURRENT :( >> >> wombat% sudo acxtool acx0 >> >> Hardware Type: TNETW1130 (acx111) >> Firmware Rev: 1.2.1.34 >> Mac Address: 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2 >> BSS Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 >> Status: Inactive >> >> Mode: Managed BSS/ESS (Infrastructure client) >> SSID: 2HIP >> Channel: 1 =3D20 >> >> It appears reasonable, but doesn't ever associate. >> >> robert. >> >>> Alexey. > > The driver you are referring to has had little attention > in these past few years and no doubt suffers bit-rot as > much has changed in the underlying API for which it was > originally written. > > The last known version of FBSD which was a working for > me (using acxtool and not ifconfig) is 7.0-REL? > > I will endeavour to find some time to investigate any > new issues with -CURRENT at some point after the new year > but in the meantime I encourage you to investigate the > debugging options available which can be set with acxtool > and also inspect the interaction with your AP via > tcpdump. If you discover the fault, then any solutions > as patches are very welcome. > > Good luck Why is the driver in ports not in base? It is bsd licensed, isn't it? --=_69wqqlpvkt0c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: Digitale PGP-Unterschrift Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAklYkzoACgkQKc512sD3afjVVQCeKvvSxFmJLoea+tLZO7417p9d FloAoK5oOlOAqrvDaOWiXvJ5da408EEy =Jkw5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_69wqqlpvkt0c--
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