Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 11:51:47 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>, 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: <20071104105147.GE5253@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <20071104102803.GD5253@e.0x20.net> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> <200711020152.53535.max@love2party.net> <472A7ADD.3010002@clearchain.com> <20071104102803.GD5253@e.0x20.net>
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--k3qmt+ucFURmlhDS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 11:28:03AM +0100, Lars Engels wrote: > 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-w= pi. > > >>>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 b= e 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 >=20 > Sorry for the noise. I didn't reboot nor did I use kenv. It's working > now except for WPA. :) I revert this: WPA is working! \o/ lars@ttyp3 # ifconfig wpi0 wpi0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:13:02:3f:0d:e4 inet 192.168.1.33 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/18Mbps) status: associated ssid shelbyville channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:13:49:ca:81:e3 authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 100 FreeBSD maggie.bsd-geek.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Fri Oct 12 2= 3:43:47 CEST 2007 Thanks for the good work, Ben! Lars --k3qmt+ucFURmlhDS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHLaRDKc512sD3afgRAo5iAJ9xg+QFLC4TbkGol/LbVjeQrDerogCguI3P r1itU4SV1z8zlQD2TwYUaus= =oRpG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k3qmt+ucFURmlhDS--
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