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Date:      Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:07:20 +0000
From:      Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com>
To:        Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Lutz Bichler <Lutz.Bichler@gmx.de>, Vassilis Laganakos <vassilis.laganakos@yahoo.com>, Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Intel WiFi 5100/5300
Message-ID:  <179b97fb0910181807t6576fcceh7b5850911199c558@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200910181627.38060.bschmidt@techwires.net>
References:  <20091009170839.142800@gmx.net> <179b97fb0910142019u455995a4s2cdcf8ba744d98bf@mail.gmail.com> <200910150815.58174.bschmidt@techwires.net> <200910181627.38060.bschmidt@techwires.net>

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On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bernhard Schmidt
<bschmidt@techwires.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 15 October 2009 08:15:57 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>> .. anyways, I'll post updates on =A0sunday.
>
> Here we go.
>
> http://techwires.net/~bschmidt/patches/freebsd/iwn/
>
> Testers/feedback welcome!
>
> Code is pretty stable although there are still a few open issues. Nothing
> major I should be able to figure them out.
>
> * I did only tests with a 5100 card, other might not yet work.. I will do
> tests wie 5300 and 4965 cards later this week.
> * 11N has not been tested at all.
> * Deauth/disconnect frames are not handled correctly, those yield firmwar=
e
> errors. The remote side might therefore not be able to clean up correctly=
,
> whichs lead to no answers to probe requests on new scans.
> * Encryption of any kind does not yet work.
> * Monitor mode/radiotap does not yet work.
> * IBSS mode has not been tested.
> * iwnfw module is locked somehow on kldunload.
> * RF kill switch might not work correctly.
> * Manpage needs an update. :)
> * Suspend/resume is broken.
>
> --
> Bernhard
>

Great job!

However, with my 4965, I get a page fault somewhere in
iwn4965_set_txpower when I load if_iwn.ko (I'm loading iwnfw.ko
manually before loading if_iwn.ko)

I'll see if I can gather a bit more info tomorrow.

-Brandon



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