Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:42:48 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org> To: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > 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-wpi.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 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=1 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=1 lars@ttyp3 # sysctl legal sysctl: unknown oid 'legal' And I even read the license! ;-) Lars [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHKnKIKc512sD3afgRAp1pAJ4mAoMYbQrY3AzUZ4gukiInEs1XoACcCydj LJRcWlbKK1inM62rC8sWL7g= =qADt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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