Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 14:48:13 +0200 From: Dieter Brozio <Dieter.Brozio@t-online.de> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: New INTEL firmware v3.1 for device iwi (IPW 2200BG) Message-ID: <49FD928D.4020504@t-online.de>
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Hi there, sorry for writing to the complete FBSD mailing list, but I don't know who is responsible for the WLAN iwi device firmware. To whom it may concern: INTEL released in March 2009 a new version 3.1 of its firmware version for the WLAN iwi device (Pro/Wireless 2200BG). http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=8 On my 7.2.RC2 desktop PC (without WLAN) I noticed that in /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/iwi/ipw2200_bss.fw.uu /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/iwi/ipw2200_ibss.fw.uu /usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/iwi/ipw2200_sniffer.fw.uu is still the old v3.0 iwi firmware inside. This fw generates after some hours of operation error messages like "iwi0:scan stuck" and finally the network connection will be disconnected. I've tested fw v3.1 this week on my FBSD6.4 laptop: No problems, no "scan stuck", no side-effects. Brilliant. I think you should update FBSD 7.2 with fw v3.1 because maybe you can fix at least one of these bugs: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/122597 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/123559 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/131153 I'm sorry that I'm unable to test iwi firmware v3.1 with FBSD 7.2 on my WLAN laptop, but at the moment I need the installed FBSD 6.4 on this PC. Anybody of you who can test iwi v3.1? Regards Dieter
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