Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:21:40 +1200 From: Peter Toth <freebsd@snap.net.nz> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6205a Message-ID: <4DAFE914.9060703@snap.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <201104210810.28622.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <4DAE2133.20108@snap.net.nz> <201104200815.58433.bschmidt@freebsd.org> <4DAF9698.7000407@snap.net.nz> <201104210810.28622.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On 04/21/11 18:10, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Thursday, April 21, 2011 04:29:44 Peter Toth wrote: > >> On 04/20/11 18:15, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 01:56:35 Peter Toth wrote: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> I have a company laptop which comes with the advanced centrino intel >>>> chipset see bellow. >>>> >>>> The iwn driver requested the iwn6005fw firmware module which is not >>>> available in stock FreeBSD 8.2. I've grabbed the firmware out of OpenBSD >>>> repository and converted it to a proper loadable module. >>>> >>>> The interface is working OK for about 2 minutes (with WPA2) and then it >>>> bounces UP and DOWN - if I reload wpasupplicant it will associate again >>>> and works for 2 minutes then it will drop again. >>>> >>>> Anyone got this chipset working somehow? - seems like it is supported in >>>> OpenBSD. >>>> >>>> Details here: >>>> iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6205a> mem 0xd4000000-0xd4001fff irq 19 at >>>> device 0.0 on pci37 >>>> iwn0: MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address a0:88:b4:14:77:20 >>>> iwn0: [ITHREAD] >>>> iwn0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >>>> iwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps >>>> iwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps >>>> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >>>> >>> Can you pull the driver files from HEAD[1] rebuild the module and >>> try again? I've committed a few changes lately which fixes the >>> calibration on at least the 6230(6005b). >>> >>> [1] http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/iwn/ >>> >>> >> Just tried it, gives me this error: >> >> /usr/src/sys/modules/iwn/../../dev/iwn/if_iwn.c: In function 'iwn_attach': >> /usr/src/sys/modules/iwn/../../dev/iwn/if_iwn.c:439: warning: implicit >> declaration of function 'pci_find_cap' >> /usr/src/sys/modules/iwn/../../dev/iwn/if_iwn.c:439: warning: nested >> extern declaration of 'pci_find_cap' >> > Yeah, sorry, there have been some changes to PCI BUS handling lately. > Fetch again and replace pci_find_cap() with pci_find_extcap(). You > might also want to fetch sys/contrib/iwn and sys/modules/iwnfw from > HEAD, it includes the firmware for your card now. > > Thanks > > Flawless so far! The interface is not dropping connection now and no errors in dmesg either. Going to test further and will report back in a couple of days. Many thanks for getting this nailed!
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