Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:28:03 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> Cc: Max Laier <max@love2party.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <20071104102803.GD5253@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <472A7ADD.3010002@clearchain.com> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net> <472A7ADD.3010002@clearchain.com>
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--VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:48:21AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > Max Laier wrote: > >On Friday 02 November 2007, Lars Engels wrote: > > =20 > >>On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > >> =20 > >>>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: > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> =20 > >>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' > >> =20 > > > >It's not a sysctl it's in kenv, but if it's in loader.conf it should be = in kenv, too. > > > > =20 > >>And I even read the license! ;-) > >> =20 > > > > > > =20 > You shouldn't need to manually kldload the wpifw, wpi will pull it in for= you. However, if you have the line in loader.conf it should work - I take = it you did reboot=20 > for the setting to be grabbed? >=20 Sorry for the noise. I didn't reboot nor did I use kenv. It's working now except for WPA. :) Lars --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHLZ6zKc512sD3afgRAs64AJ4iGSLWWNYD9JCxZv6w8KutCnnafwCeKMec MVRAu4sbM4djkkYETCUGxxI= =BUJA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf--
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