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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To: Dieter Brozio <Dieter.Brozio@t-online.de>
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Subject: Re: New INTEL firmware v3.1 for device iwi (IPW 2200BG)
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On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 02:48:13PM +0200, Dieter Brozio wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> 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.

Great. If anyone can also confirm it works on current then I will
commit.

> I think you should update FBSD 7.2 with fw v3.1 because maybe you can fix 
> at least one of these bugs:

The 7.2 images have been made so its too late, it can be merged to
7-stable and 7.3.


Andrew