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Date:      Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:42:48 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi)
Message-ID:  <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com>
References:  <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com>

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On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote:
> Howdy All,           I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' experim=
ental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your help in mak=
ing it become=20
> 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 supp=
orted).
>=20
> If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at:
>=20
>    http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.t=
ar.gz
>=20
> Untar and follow the instructions in the README.
> If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ checkout:
>=20
>    http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi
>=20
> I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working as ex=
pected, etc.
> The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be dumped =
to the screen whilst in use.
>=20
> Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the driver=
 along the way.
>=20
> 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=3D1
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=3D1

lars@ttyp3 # sysctl legal
sysctl: unknown oid 'legal'

And I even read the license! ;-)

Lars

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