Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:05:32 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Cc: stable-list freebsd <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_wpi is all kinds of broken Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005170849230.71127@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de> References: <4BF0EDC9.3090603@bsdforen.de> <4BF15A62.7070602@janh.de> <AANLkTikUjqe0qkGQuNOwU7TqYokwYeg4_TPsrbSBeBqR@mail.gmail.com> <4BF14C8C.1030804@bsdforen.de>
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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
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