Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:47:57 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.mobile@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 3945ABG with ipw driver on CURRENT Message-ID: <200710042347.59162.fbsd.mobile@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200710042007.49097.pankov_p@mail.ru> References: <4703B7EF.6030603@gmx.net> <200710041651.12012.fbsd.mobile@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <200710042007.49097.pankov_p@mail.ru>
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On Thursday 04 October 2007 18:07:48 Pankov Pavel wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2007 18:51:10 Mel wrote: > > On Thursday 04 October 2007 10:31:38 Tom Evans wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 17:55 +0100, Rui Paulo wrote: > > > > On 10/3/07, Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> wrote: > > > > > Hey, > > > > > > > > > > Last week I finally received my Dell Latitude D630 which is using > > > > > the Intel 3945ABG chipset for it's wireless connectivity. This > > > > > should be supported with the ipw driver which is available in > > > > > CURRENT. Unfortunately my card is not detected when loading the > > > > > module. > > > > > > > > If your card is a 3945ABG, then you need the wpi driver, which is not > > > > included (yet, I hope) in FreeBSD. > > > > > > > > Try here: > > > > http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > This prompted me to give the wpi driver another go. Both the snapshot > > > 20070923-freebsd-wpi and the version available in perforce fail to > > > load, due to > > > link_elf: symbol _mtx_assert undefined > > > > > > FreeBSD version is (csup'ed ~1hr before build time) > > > FreeBSD zoot.mintel.co.uk 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Wed Oct > > > 3 11:47:24 BST 2007 > > > root@zoot.mintel.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ZOOT i386 > > > > Does ZOOT have WITNESS? > > > > It loads for me, but locks up machine randomly, sometimes on scan, > > sometimes on up, sometimes on assigning an IP. It points to the lock set > > at the end of _init(). Ben knows. > > Try this patch, please. It makes wpi absolutely stable for me (it looses > link sometimes, but it doesn't panic anymore at least: > > --- 20070923-freebsd-wpi/sys/dev/wpi/if_wpi.c~ 2007-09-23 > 18:21:03.000000000 +0400 > +++ 20070923-freebsd-wpi/sys/dev/wpi/if_wpi.c 2007-09-29 21:31:58.000000000 > +0400 > @@ -725,8 +725,9 @@ > ic->ic_newstate = wpi_newstate; > ieee80211_media_init(ic, wpi_media_change, ieee80211_media_status); > > - sc->amrr.amrr_min_success_threshold = 1; > - sc->amrr.amrr_max_success_threshold = 15; > + ieee80211_amrr_init(&sc->amrr, ic, > + IEEE80211_AMRR_MIN_SUCCESS_THRESHOLD, > + IEEE80211_AMRR_MAX_SUCCESS_THRESHOLD); > > /* whilst ieee80211_ifattach will listen for ieee80211 frames, > * we also want to listen for the lower level radio frames # ifconfig wpi0 up list scan worked. # ifconfig wpi0 inet 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid MYSSID wepmode on weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:0x123456 mode 11g Read from remote host laptop: Operation timed out I suspect crash unless routing got screwed. Will have to wait to see what's up. -- Mel
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