From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 00:24:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9803816A407 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=50ab9d14467e499afac7494fcd3907f691aab170=202=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E6213C428 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:24:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=50ab9d14467e499afac7494fcd3907f691aab170=202=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id HBO93932; Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:12:32 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id ADD6C45070; Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:12:32 -0800 (PST) To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:08:04 +0100." <20070101210804.GA49016@kukulies.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1167696752_80536P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:12:32 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070102001232.ADD6C45070@ptavv.es.net> Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DELL Intel PRO Wireless 3945 ABG X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:24:40 -0000 --==_Exmh_1167696752_80536P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 22:08:04 +0100 > From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 12:45:37PM -0600, Scott Lambert wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 07:28:43PM +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > Does FreeBSD-mobile still live? I saw little posts in the recent past. > > > Any chance to get FreeBSD working on my Dell Inspiron 9400 with > > > an Intel PRO Wireless 3945 ABG adapter? > > > > Yes, it lives. Lots of people have found non-computer things to do on > > New Year's Day. > > > > My impression, and experience, is that you can get just about any > > network interface working with FreeBSD. If the FreeBSD drivers don't > > support your particular card, investigate the NDIS driver which loads > > the Windows network device driver via a compatibility layer. It worked > > great on my old Compaq Presario's Broadcom wireless part in 5.x. > > > > man ndis > > man ndiscvt > > > > I haven't used the NDIS driver since FreeBSD 5.2. Some of the steps > > involved have probably changed and I've forgotten a lot of the details. > > You do not have to recompile your kernel. It's not tough. > > Thanks. I lost the other response where the iwi driver found mention. > > So I'm replying here. > > kldstat > > kernel > if_iwi.ko > firmware.ko > acpi.ko > > I see no interface to configure. There doesn't seem to be a device iwi0 or wi0. > I'd prefer to use a native driver. Try pciconf -lv to see what you have. It may be the newer Intel 3945 card. If it's an A/B/G card, this is far most likely. There is currently no driver in FreeBSD for the 3945, but work is in progress and a driver that works for many people is available. It's wpi and you can look at the archives for a pointer to it. -- 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 --==_Exmh_1167696752_80536P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFFmaNwkn3rs5h7N1ERAphqAKCrEDFHRMYxwYwYKNpBTerXgbbmDgCgi/Hr eMcVdc84bBybp8w3dHC5Eag= =TWum -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1167696752_80536P--