Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:19:10 +0200 From: Jens Thiede <jensthiede@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 DIY Bug Fix Message-ID: <513691FA-C112-414D-A844-66F24DD43142@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B5BA593.2080408@freebsd.org> References: <3FD5CEEC-C167-4379-91CB-81DB8C9CEC0F@gmail.com> <20100123182818.5faa7868.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <B4A113C1-F91A-45EB-B67C-4A5A864925F2@gmail.com> <4B5BA593.2080408@freebsd.org>
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On 24 Jan 2010, at 3:42 AM, Sam Leffler wrote: > Jens Thiede wrote: >> Thank you, I'll take that into account. >> >> Something must have changed from 7.0. Is there a documented API for >> NICs? It would help to know what's new and what's not > > There is documentation for the net80211 subsystem in section 9 of the > man pages. > > , since I'm new to >> FreeBSD. Or is there just code and no documentation? >> >> Jens >> >> On 23 Jan 2010, at 7:28 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:54:07 +0200 >>> Jens Thiede <jensthiede@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm pretty new to FreeBSD. However, I think I might be able to >>>> create >>>> a patch for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 bug (http://bit.ly/7SWIQr). >>>> >>>> Seems likely that there's simply a callback missing. I take it >>>> the API >>> >>> Please note: I have seen the message "need multicast update >>> callback" >>> on other nics (not ipw) under 8.0-stable, and those nics work, so I >>> don't think that this message tells you why the ipw 2100 doesn't >>> work. > > This diagnostic indicates the driver lacks support to push multicast > filtering to the h/w. This can be fixed either by fixing the driver > (if > the h/w is capable) or by adding s/w multicast filtering support in > the > kernel to handle it instead. When the latter is done then the > net80211 > code can be changed to enable that functionality when the driver lacks > support for pushing the multicast list into the h/w. > > This issue has been discussed numerous times but noone has stepped > up to > fix the ALLMULTI support. > > Sam Well, I'll see what I can do about the 2100 problem, though, I don't know if I'll have any success. Thanks greatly for pointing me to the documentation. Jens.
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