From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 20 00:57:32 2006 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 C8F7016A415 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:57:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C5743D58 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:57:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0J9000CJZ7ZLL270@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:57:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.203.66.169]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0J9000DDT7ZKKEO7@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:57:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:57:20 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH In-reply-to: <20060728165144.fead1c51.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-id: <20061120015720.7d526fb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20060728165144.fead1c51.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Subject: Re: Acer Aspire AS5672 and Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg 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: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:57:32 -0000 On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:51:44 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Acer Aspire AS5672WLMi laptop. Among other things, it has an > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG inside. Staus on the 3945 and the wpi driver has changed. There is a new wpi driver (work in progress) at http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/wpi/ I compiled the driver on tingo@kg-home$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-home.kg4.no 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #3: Fri Nov 10 23:09:04 CET 2006 root@k and copied the modules (if_wpi.ko and wpi_ucode.ko) to /boot/modules. After a 'kldload if_wpi' my wireless works: tingo@kg-home$ ifconfig wpi0 wpi0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet 10.1.150.12 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.1.255.255 ether 00:13:02:3e:d4:ce media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/6Mbps) status: associated ssid kg4 channel 1 bssid 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 100 There is a caveat: the driver only works when aCPI is disabled. But this goes for other network drivers (bge) on this laptop too. It probably is related to a lousy BIOS / ACPI implementation on this specific laptop. More info about this laptop and FreeBSD on my web page http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway