Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:47:42 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Alan Edmonds <kb5zuy@airmail.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wi driver: firmware %i.%i problem? Message-ID: <20011208174742.L92148@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <LPEBIMFIOBLFEPKHEOIIIEAEDAAA.kb5zuy@airmail.net>; from kb5zuy@airmail.net on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 11:42:36PM -0000 References: <200112080216.fB82GhM02156@harmony.village.org> <LPEBIMFIOBLFEPKHEOIIIEAEDAAA.kb5zuy@airmail.net>
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* Alan Edmonds <kb5zuy@airmail.net> [011208 17:42] wrote:
>
> Here's a data point for you Warner. I have an Intel PRO 2011
> 802.11b adapter (Symbol Spectrum24 OEM) card. Works just fine
> under -current and the wi driver. After a yesterday's rebuild
> I noticed the wi driver displaying this on booting.
>
> $ dmesg
> FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Sat Dec 8 19:32:20 GMT 2001
> root@ernest:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TPAD
> .....
> wi0 at port 0x280-0x2c7 iomem 0xd4000-0xd43ff irq 9 flags 0x10000 slot 0 on pccard0
> wi0: 802.11 address: 00:02:b3:04:b8:b8
> wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841, Firmware: %i.%i variant %i
> $
>
> I'm not sure if the %i is a problem the kernel printf or
> with my card. I'm still using the stock pccard.conf
> file with the 0x10000 flag. The card works fine.
> BTW, it's using version 2.xx firmware from Intel.
>
> I am not seeing the dhclient problem reported by others.
%i is because I lost a flamewar to get %i added to kernel printf,
it has been fixed.
About your card, you may have luck checking your vendor's site for
a firmware upgrade. Upgrading my cards (Addtron) really worked wonders.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3
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