Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:42:50 +0100 From: Marko Zec <zec@tel.fer.hr> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: prism 2.5 timeout in wi_cmd 0x010b Message-ID: <200401120042.50744.zec@tel.fer.hr> In-Reply-To: <20040111220050.GA839@pir.net> References: <20040111003426.E0EF55D08@ptavv.es.net> <20040111.142357.50578253.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040111220050.GA839@pir.net>
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On Sunday 11 January 2004 23:00, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> probably said: > > You really really really want to be using 1.4.5 firmware. Older > > firmware is known to be buggy. > > I've got newer firmware but no way to actually upgrade it. IBM > doesn;t supply a meanthod to upgrade to anythig newer than I have > installed... > > Got an installer ? On my Prism 2.5 mini-PCI card I managed to upgrade the firmware to 1.1.1 / 1.7.4 using the utilities found here: http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ First of all, you'll have to boot a M$ OS and install the winupdate utility. Next, in the NIC driver disable the "firmware download" option, as it temporarily loads a new firmware in the NIC RAM, which seems to prevent firmware updates to flash to succeed. You'll have to shut down the machine in order to force a full reset of the NIC. I was kind of paranosic in choosing the appropriate primary / station code, but have latter learned that the "winupdate" utility was smart enough to prevent me from flashing the card with an unappropriate code. Good luck, Marko
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