Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:08:28 +0300 From: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, wxs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iwn(4) (Intel 4965 wireless) backport Message-ID: <48D8EA4C.2090002@moneybookers.com> In-Reply-To: <1222090773.43647.16.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <E7F933AF-2D8A-462C-A44B-A140BB88C3DD@airwired.net> <1220545795.94705.15.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <49B92D81-74EC-4BAB-BEEC-EC4DCFF5E336@airwired.net> <1220550536.94705.18.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <1222090773.43647.16.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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Hi Gavin, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 18:48 +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 11:32 -0600, Dan Allen wrote: >> >>> On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:29 AM, Gavin Atkinson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> This is supported by the iwn(4) driver in CURRENT, and it should be >>>> quite easy to port the driver to 7-STABLE. If you're interested in >>>> reinstalling FreeBSD and testing a backported driver, I'm sure this >>>> can be sorted. >>>> >>> I am interested in doing this. Please advise on how I can get these >>> bits. >>> >> I've got hold of a laptop with the 4965 chipset in it, if nobody beats >> me to it I'll have a go at backporting the driver. >> > > OK, I've backported the iwn(4) driver for the Intel 4965 wireless > chipset to 7-STABLE. > > You need both of: > http://people.freebsd.org/~gavin/iwn-7/iwn-7.tgz > Loading if_iwn.ko make a nice reboot on my laptop. No messages just a reset... FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #29: Tue Jul 29 16:13:47 EEST 2008 i386 May be I should try with more recent -stable ? > http://people.freebsd.org/~gavin/iwn-7/iwn-7.diff > > Both are relative to /usr and are against 7-STABLE (although may well > apply to 7.0-RELEASE cleanly). > > Please note that there are a couple of issues with this driver that > aren't seen with the driver in -HEAD. Firstly, it only supports B/G > channels, it doesn't work with 802.11a. Apparently this is due to a > firmware issue which the driver in -HEAD works around, although I don't > know how yet. > > Secondly, there may be a slight issue with regulatory domains. I'm not > certain about this, but I was seeing issues while trying to associate to > an access point on channel 13g, changing the AP to channel 1g fixes > things. > > Even with those two caveats, I can say that so far in my testing it's > been working very well. However, even if the driver works for you, I'm > pretty sure it's too late for a merge before 7.1. > > Lastly, as the laptop is on loan to me and I'm going to have to give it > back soon, I don't know if I'll have a chance to do any further work on > this driver. I'm still interested in stories of success or otherwise. > > Thanks, > > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Best Wishes, Stefan Lambrev ICQ# 24134177
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