From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 7 01:58:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205DA16A418 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:58:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D139313C442 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:58:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from trouble.errno.com (trouble.errno.com [10.0.0.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id lB71wEBV004651 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:58:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <4758A8B6.2060303@errno.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:58:14 -0800 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Palmer References: <475759B7.6080502@gmail.com> <475762D0.8080404@acm.poly.edu> <4757FC17.4040605@clearchain.com> <47583D14.2020900@rexdb.com> <475870C0.9070908@errno.com> <4758A0A4.2090002@rexdb.com> In-Reply-To: <4758A0A4.2090002@rexdb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-dcc-servers-Metrics: om; whitelist Cc: Benjamin Adams , Boris Kochergin , Benjamin Close , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless 3945ABG Wireless support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:58:29 -0000 Jeff Palmer wrote: > Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Jeff Palmer wrote: >> >>> Benjamin Close wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Boris Kochergin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Benjamin Adams wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I'm currently running 6.2 on my ibm T60. >>>>>> I want to upgrade to 7.0 or 8.0. >>>>>> Do either one have the intel 3945ABG wireless driver installed by >>>>>> default? >>>>>> or where can I download the latest drivers for it? >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>>>> Ben Adams >>>>>> http://www.FreeBSD-World.com/ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> You can get the driver for 7/8 from >>>>> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi, and it's included in 8-CURRENT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> And about to be MFC'ed to 7... well at least in the next day. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Benjamin >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> There seems to be a lot of reports of success using the wpi driver for >>> that chipset, however it's not working for everyone. Count me as one of >>> them it doesn't currently work for. You can search the archives if you >>> are interested in details. >>> >>> >>> >> If you've got a problem and want it fixed please file a PR w/ >> sufficient information for someone to diagnose. Referring to some old >> post is unlikely to result in help. >> >> Sam >> >> >> !DSPAM:8,475870d721261944516145! >> >> >> > Sam, > > I didn't feel a PR was in order just yet, because I had posted and > gotten a reply from Ben with a patch he wanted me to try. The patch got > my hardware a bit closer to associating. However it wasn't "quite there > yet." I'm aware he's busy, and I'm quite patient. So the fact that he > hasn't had me try anything else in the meantime doesn't annoy or bother > me in the least. > > It's quite the opposite actually. These developers who know enough to > write (or port) drivers, and then donate their time to actually _do_ it > have nothing but my utmost respect. > > I didn't mean for that post to sound like "RUN AWAY!" or like I was > complaining. That's actually why I mentioned the large number of > success stories, to show that many people do have it going without > problems. I'm not sure if there are different revisions of the chip, > or what the problem may be; but I was just making the original poster > aware that he may still have problems with it, and he probably wouldn't > be the only one if he did. > > At this point, I'll leave it up to Benjamin Close (who is being CC'd) > Would you prefer I filed a formal PR just to get it "on the record?" > > I've tried the p4fetch.rb script mentioned on the clearchain wpi page, > but apparantly I don't have something installed that it needs. I have > ruby installed, but it complains, so I'm guessing I'm missing a library > or plugin it needs. However, I don't know or use ruby, so I have no > clue what to install. Sadly, downloading things from perforce is a > serious pain if doing it manually, so I just haven't tried the p4 version. > > Hope that cleared things up. In summary: Thanks Ben (and all the > developers!) for > I'm not trying to pick on you; just that I frequently see reports of wireless problems w/o sufficient info to even guess what's going on. There are many debugging facilities for wireless issues and almost always people figure issues out themselves once they use them. Sam