From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 3 10:51:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D16E16A405 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:51:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (www.unsane.co.uk [85.233.185.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B4513C45A for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:51:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.10.217] (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l33ApaAI014857 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:51:37 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <461231BA.8030805@unsane.co.uk> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:51:38 +0100 From: Vince User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070327) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yal@yal.hopto.org References: <3674.192.167.105.85.1175593576.squirrel@yal.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <3674.192.167.105.85.1175593576.squirrel@yal.hopto.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:31:19 +0000 Cc: "Sam Fourman Jr." , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 3945ABG X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:51:41 -0000 yal wrote: > Hi, > > may be Florent Thoumie could help us better understand what's going on. > And for how long native support for intel 3945abg wifi cards will be > unavailable on FreeBSD 7. > Bergamini's wpi module won't be loaded by the new -CURRENT kernels. > I have the feeling Florent has his work cut out with other projects such as modular X and other ports related work, (although I see he did some work on the perforce wpi driver.) I think the project he was working on was getting the firmwares relicensed rather than developing the wpi driver directly. Of course i'd be happy to be proved wrong. Vince > -- -- > San Jose, CA March 7, 2007 -- The inclusion of firmware for popular Intel > wireless devices means that users of FreeBSD will have native wireless > support for many Centrino-branded Intel PRO/Wireless devices without > downloading additional software. This approval includes firmware for the > Intel 2100, 2200BG, 2225BG, 2915ABG, and the 3945ABG devices. > > "These changes have already been committed to the development branch of > the FreeBSD source code repository except for firmware for the 3945ABG, > which is expected to happen fairly soon once that driver is ready for > inclusion," said Florent Thoumie, a FreeBSD developer working on this > project. > > In order to use the firmware provided by Intel, FreeBSD users must first > agree with the license. FreeBSD developers have added a simple mechanism > to the operating system to agree to the license by defining an easy-to-use > system variable. > > -- -- > > On Tue, April 3, 2007 10:22, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >> Thank you for your Feedback >> >> I never Tried it in -current I ran 6.2 Stable, Benjamin Close is >> working on a Driver however he hasn't updated his site in over a