Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 08:57:46 -0700 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Dieter Brozio <Dieter.Brozio@t-online.de> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New INTEL firmware v3.1 for device iwi (IPW 2200BG) Message-ID: <20090503155746.GB11965@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <49FD928D.4020504@t-online.de> References: <49FD928D.4020504@t-online.de>
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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
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