Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:34:32 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Cc: sam@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: Texas Instruments ACX100/111 IEEE 802.11 driver. Message-ID: <1230406472.38943.27.camel@wombat.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <20081227191713.GA8736@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <20081227171821.GA7908@localhost.my.domain> <1230404518.38943.21.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <20081227191713.GA8736@wep4035.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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--=-6guLfPEUOVqlMsPVouz0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: > > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 18:18 +0100, Alexey Shuvaev wrote: > > > Hello list! > > >=20 > > > As it is device driver, I think this list is more appropriate rather = than > > > ports@. > > >=20 > > > I've just updated net/acx100 port: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D129977 > > > but I have no actual hardware :( > > >=20 > > > Have someone one of: > > >=20 > > > Card Bus Type > > > Binatone WL-1000 CARDBUS ACX100 > > > D-Link DWL-650+ CARDBUS ACX100 > > > US Robotics USR2210 CARDBUS ACX100 > > > US Robotics USR2216 PCI ACX100 > > > D-Link DWL-G650+ CARDBUS ACX111 > > > D-Link DWL-G520+ PCI ACX111 > > > US Robotics USR5416 PCI ACX111 > > > SAFECOM SWLPT-54125 PCI ACX111 > > >=20 > > > and could give it a try (with a new port from the PR)? > > > Is it a rare hardware? Any interest in maintaining it? > > > Any ongoing support in the base? > >=20 > > I have a linksys wpc54g v2 card which is a 111 part. The updated port > > does not autoload the firmware, but if I manually load the firmware, > > then it attaches. It doesn't quite work though. > >=20 > 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 port. > See (at the bottom): http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/ > (and man page if_axc(4) too). > Does this pushes the card to work? 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. wombat% sudo acxtool acx0 -S "2HIP" -M managed -C 5 Setting ssid to 2HIP Setting infrastructure ess/bss capability Setting channel to 5 =20 wombat% ifconfig =20 acx0: flags=3D8803<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% robert. > > acx111fw: registering firmware > > cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xf2 > > cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xf2 > > acx0: <Texas Instruments (TI) 802.11b+/g 54Mbps Wireless Adapter> mem > > 0xfe620000-0xfe63ffff,0xfe602000-0xfe603fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on > > cardbus0 > > acx0: Radio type: 16 > > acx0: Firmware revision: 1.2.1.34 > > acx0: Regulatory domain: FCC USA (1-11) > > acx0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface > > acx0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2 > > acx0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > acx0: [ITHREAD] > >=20 > > acx0: flags=3D8803<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 255 flags 0x0 > > ssid > > ""% =20 > >=20 > Which command it was? Just ifconfig without arguments? > The author says you should use ifconfig only to configure ip address. > For anything else he suggests to use 'acxtool'. > Can you give it a try? >=20 > > robert. > >=20 > Thanks so far, > Alexey. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " --=-6guLfPEUOVqlMsPVouz0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAklWg0gACgkQM4TrQ4qfROPrvACfS7A1oZrIzGUa4SOYIfET7bRn 31QAn0GXH0XDWn+6wgaBLjOyeOLgBnt+ =UOUK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-6guLfPEUOVqlMsPVouz0--
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