Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:51:55 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <1194274315.64797.17.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1194274174.64797.16.camel@localhost> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <1194274174.64797.16.camel@localhost>
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--=-R1pIkeO2flLtGtSrVgiB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 14:49 +0000, Tom Evans wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 10:23 +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > > Howdy All, =20 > > I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' experimental versio= n=20 > > of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your help in making it=20 > > become stable. > > Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but i= n=20 > > general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not yet=20 > > supported). > >=20 > > If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: > >=20 > > =20 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.ta= r.gz > >=20 > > Untar and follow the instructions in the README. > > If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ checkout= : > >=20 > > http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi > >=20 > > I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working as=20 > > expected, etc. > > The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be dumpe= d=20 > > to the screen whilst in use. > >=20 > > Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the=20 > > driver along the way. > >=20 > > Cheers, > > Benjamin >=20 > Hi Benjamin >=20 > I had a chance to compile the new driver at lunch time today. The driver > loads semi-successfully - no errors, but it reports 25 'bus_dmamem_alloc > failed to align memory properly' warnings. It can then be brought up, > but attempting a 'ifconfig wpi0 scan' hangs.=20 > /var/log/messages (attached) reports 'wpi0: fatal firmware error'.=20 > ^T reports: > load: 0.08 cmd: ifconfig 84691 [sbwait] 0.00u 0.01s 0% 704k >=20 > This is running RELENG_7 from 26/10/07. >=20 > I am fairly sure that there is no wifi connection available in the > office though, so I will also try again tonight, sitting the laptop next > to an AP. >=20 > Regards >=20 > Tom One thing I didn't mention: this was using latest code from p4, not the tarball. I'll try both the tarball and the p4 code tonight. Regards Tom --=-R1pIkeO2flLtGtSrVgiB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHLy4HlcRvFfyds/cRAjJuAJ9d8fCURN/MytwX2Y4H0Yvd5Pjq5QCgoEAW HKrW/i+pZGtdmP/ldW7tUbc= =Ye5K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-R1pIkeO2flLtGtSrVgiB--
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