From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 00:42:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03EFF16A418; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:42:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.ipv6.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE5C13C4C4; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 00:42:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e.0x20.net) Received: by mail.0x20.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 367793A57C; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:42:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:42:48 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: Benjamin Close Message-ID: <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> Mail-Followup-To: Lars Engels , Benjamin Close , freebsd-current , freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Cc: freebsd-current , freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Lars Engels List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:42:50 -0000 --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' experim= ental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your help in mak= ing it become=20 > 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 supp= orted). >=20 > If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.t= ar.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 ex= pected, etc. > The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be dumped = to the screen whilst in use. >=20 > Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the driver= along the way. >=20 > Cheers, > Benjamin 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' And I even read the license! ;-) Lars --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHKnKIKc512sD3afgRAp1pAJ4mAoMYbQrY3AzUZ4gukiInEs1XoACcCydj LJRcWlbKK1inM62rC8sWL7g= =qADt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6--