From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 15:05:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7B92106566C for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 15:05:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725D08FC0A for ; Mon, 17 May 2010 15:05:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4HF5WKW071344; Mon, 17 May 2010 09:05:32 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o4HF5Wc0071341; Mon, 17 May 2010 09:05:32 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:05:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Dominic Fandrey In-Reply-To: <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> Message-ID: References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 17 May 2010 09:05:32 -0600 (MDT) Cc: stable-list freebsd Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 15:05:36 -0000 On Mon, 17 May 2010, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > On 17/05/2010 15:44, Tom Evans wrote: >> >> Note that not all laptops will play nicely with different wifi cards. >> My old HP laptop would not boot up past the BIOS if you replaced the >> wifi card with one not in its magic list, which I found out after I >> had bought an ath based mini pci-e card to replace it (which is still >> spare if anyone wants it). > > Thanks for that information. I know that the if_wpi driver does some stuff > with the bluetooth hardware (I think the bluetooth hardware is part of the > wpi hardware) and the BIOS allows some pretty dedicated settings. > > It really might all blow up if I exchange the hardware. I'll have to give > it a try, though. I think I still have an old ipw lying around somewhere > (from a broken Thinkpad), if this works I might consider buying ath. The ipw card in my T42 is the older mini-PCI (no "e"). ipw has some driver problems (kern/142766), but Bernhard Schmidt is working on it and has it somewhat functional now. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA