From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 07:51:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60DFC1065676 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4428FC31 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:51:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAIfW1Ud5LUIl/2dsb2JhbACBWJB3mFo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,479,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="71027283" Received: from ppp121-45-66-37.lns10.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO mail.clearchain.com) ([121.45.66.37]) by ipmail04.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2008 18:21:41 +1030 Received: from [192.168.155.236] (taurus.internal.clearchain.com [192.168.155.236]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2B7pPMt015976 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:21:26 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <47D63A0C.8050806@clearchain.com> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:21:40 +1030 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Langille References: <47CD41F3.2000203@langille.org> <20080307233340.GB1456@isis.u-strasbg.fr> <0EE032CC-4A3E-45D7-9337-62A44FDAC63B@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <0EE032CC-4A3E-45D7-9337-62A44FDAC63B@langille.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on pegasus.clearchain.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.clearchain.com [192.168.154.1]); Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:21:27 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad x61s 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, 11 Mar 2008 07:51:44 -0000 Dan Langille wrote: > On Mar 7, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Dan Langille wrote: > >> On Mar 7, 2008, at 6:33 PM, Guy Brand wrote: >> >>> Dan Langille (dan@langille.org) on 04/03/2008 at 07:34 wrote: >>> >>>> Are you running FreeBSD on a ThinkPad x61s? Details please... >>> >>> I do. >>> >>> FreeBSD FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #58: Sun Mar 2 17:36:43 CET 2008 >>> snd_hda, acpi_ibm, if_wpi for hardware specific support. Xorg >>> 7.3 working out of the box. cpufreq behaves strangely going >>> from AC power to battery mode and back, so I removed it from >>> the kernel config. Fan and thermal controls are fine. 6-cell >>> battery provides ca. 260 mn of work time. >> >> Had you run 7.0 on this? >> >> if_wpi? Is that the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe >> US/EMEA/LA/ANZ " >> or the "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN" > > Someone told me wpi is the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG and that > the driver is coming along nicely, but is "experimental". With the recent patches available (see below) the experimental status is rapidly vanishing. Cheers, Benjamin > Hi, > > > Here is a patch for wpi(4) which should help with the stability of the > driver. If you have been having problems then please give it a try and > report back. Some people have reported problems getting wpa_supplicant > to authenticate which may not be fixed, give it a try anyway. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/wpi_head.diff > http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/wpi_releng7.diff > > This includes work by Sam Leffler and Benjamin Close. > > > cheers, > Andrew (Thompson)