Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:40:17 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/wi if_wi.c if_wireg.h Message-ID: <20010329004017.C9431@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200103290347.f2T3ljd00989@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 07:47:45PM -0800 References: <200103280519.f2S5JCh42723@mobile.wemm.org> <200103290347.f2T3ljd00989@mass.dis.org>
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* Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> [010329 00:15] wrote: > > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > alfred 2001/03/27 21:05:06 PST > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/dev/wi if_wi.c if_wireg.h > > > Log: > > > Add support for the Addtron AWA100 PCI wireless card. > > > > > > The AWA100 is a PCI board with a PLX 9052 chip that's used to talk to > > > the pccard inserted into the board. > > > > Just keep in mind that this is an ultralightweight PCI->pccard bridge device > > and ultimately this code needs to be generalized so that it works with > > any pccard. wi0 doesn't have a monopoly on the PLX chip.. > > Based on what Alfred told me, this card actually has a private ID rather > than using the generic PLX9052 ID, so this change shouldn't cause > problems. > > I'm a bit puzzled though, since I thought that the wireless card he was > using was a Prism, not a Wavelan. Ok, here's the deal: With my patch (the PCI attachment) I'm able to get a Win2k laptop to talk to it. However I'm still unable to get a FreeBSD box to talk to it with the same card. They seem to ignore each other, and when i get them on the same frequency it seems that the laptop locks up. The "wi" driver has a flags setting 0x10000 that should enable prism2 mode. The "awi" doesn't have a manpage whatsoever. So... basically, i'm sitting here really fustrated, 200+$ dollars and two days down the drain so far, but at least I have my usb ether which seems to work somewhat ok. I'll pay shipping to send this useless silicon to whomever wants to get it to work. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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