From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 28 12:52:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0238A16A403 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:52:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@localhost.lu) Received: from linion.ion.lu (linion.ion.lu [80.90.47.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A2813C49E for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:52:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@localhost.lu) Received: (qmail 94823 invoked by uid 89); 28 Dec 2006 13:26:33 +0100 Received: from localhost (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (steve@localhost.lu@127.0.0.1) by linion.ion.lu with SMTP; 28 Dec 2006 13:26:33 +0100 Message-ID: <4593B7BA.7020803@localhost.lu> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:25:30 +0100 From: Steve Clement User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061222) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gavin Atkinson References: <20061225231213.O11113@ury.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20061225231213.O11113@ury.york.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, damien.bergamini@free.fr, gabor@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: wpi (Intel 3945) driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:52:18 -0000 Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is anybody actively developing this driver? > I don't think so! Thanks go out to Damien (merci bcp) who kicked it all of but had some issues with the people if I read correctly. Although it's never too late to ask whether he has made any other improvements or is maybe willing to help develop it further. At least there are people Using it as opposed to develop it, so we can test it! I use the wpi driver in the following way: kldload if_wpi load wpa_supplicant and connect to my WPA encrypted network and voilà we're online. I never had to load the wpi_ucode module for the firmware, if I do so it tells me it can't find the firmware! It throws quite a lot of 702 errors at me, especially when there is heavy traffic load! Also I am currently in Berlin at the CCC (events.ccc.de) and the WiFi traffic is quite heavy and I don't get a packet out to the world (I can sniff the traffic) but obtaining a dhcp-lease or any other active communication is impossible. also when I try to unload the driver it wouldn't unload. So I did repeatedly: kldunload if_wpi kldunload if_wpi kldunload if_wpi kldunload if_wpi kldunload if_wpi and by the fifth time the kernel crashes with a page fault, now I don't know whether that is a Kernel issue or a driver issue, who handles unload requests? I guess putting Gavin's work online/somewhere would be a good first step in pursuing this issue. Anyway, thanks a lot for your time and let's do something about the development of this driver! cheers, Steve