From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 13:44:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A0A106567B for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 13:44:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBE48FC18 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 13:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2135503fgb.13 for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 06:44:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=vmLgVugvz6Q/XRW2kHzmCkIFLkQwytmMfNFtcLipBdo=; b=nLz0Ry2+tNE7VxaXZnXLKH55/WC0/Dq9BxNmrjdqDO4IpTdBH5P5sTJbbV75LU99bg VWrXX10kYKhCs+MFto5ECBAtfcURZYNXiotiIe44kwyZDcZ6I+xyqb/zhNSSzoM0ZPOP jqcIFKNaznhcynVn6LORlww4DAqv1f1RT0Tu0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=e1cZqCPZldEBsro1xNrS1S1nLgG78kmCdF4Vxz1H8q+j5/Bjx/hQXYwChrwpVQoVNV oLeQLocTtgqXvhzWE/2fNKlk8c/S5TaukDXkWFlkiW5xZhiTVut/Zaibxk4TYyeSfT5X cCVV3OgdqFDGWhywycH1s2jiEFbYuxgCp4HBo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.188.145 with SMTP id p17mr561048hbh.210.1274103853797; Mon, 17 May 2010 06:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.142.17 with HTTP; Mon, 17 May 2010 06:44:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:44:13 +0100 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: Jan Henrik Sylvester Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Dominic Fandrey , stable-list freebsd Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 13:44:15 -0000 On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: > On 01/-10/63 19:59, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> >> The if_wpi driver is all kinds of broken. The reported problems > > I have had trouble with all Intel drivers, ipw, iwi, wpi, and iwn. (As an > exception, recently, iwn was very stable on 8-STABLE.) For most notebooks, I > bought Atheros based MiniPCI(e) cards and everything was fine. > >> Where do I have to put my cash to make somebody fix this? > > 5 to 10 Euros on Ebay including shipping. Initially, I was hesitant, too, > because I wanted the hardware I already got to work, but eventually I > decided that it is not worse it. ath simply works. (I have had wi, ral, > ural, rum, and zyd, too. Over the years, nothing was as unproblematic as > ath.) > > For most notebooks, the wireless MiniPCI(e) card is very easy to replace. > > Cheers, > Jan Henrik Note that not all laptops will play nicely with different wifi cards. My old HP laptop would not boot up past the BIOS if you replaced the wifi card with one not in its magic list, which I found out after I had bought an ath based mini pci-e card to replace it (which is still spare if anyone wants it). Cheers Tom