Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:52:44 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Lars Engels <lme@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net>
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--nextPart1448871.x47iAX1EqJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 02 November 2007, Lars Engels wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > > Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' > > experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require > > your help in making it become 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 supported). > > > > If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: > > > > =20 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi. > >tar.gz > > > > Untar and follow the instructions in the README. > > If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ > > checkout: > > > > http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi > > > > I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working > > as expected, etc. The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few > > messages to be dumped to the screen whilst in use. > > > > Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the > > driver along the way. > > > > 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' It's not a sysctl it's in kenv, but if it's in loader.conf it should be in= =20 kenv, too. > And I even read the license! ;-) =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart1448871.x47iAX1EqJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHKnTlXyyEoT62BG0RAliyAJ0USnzcHoQRnN/R/6momwSAiQn8rACeNHvy OWqrj8s/fRTsPqASqQgEXD0= =Jbpn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1448871.x47iAX1EqJ--
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