Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 06:45:28 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: David Coder <dacoder@dcoder.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel 2100 wireless on thinkpads Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040311063245.03787ec0@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040310180719.D19988-100000@porky.dcoder.com> References: <20040310180719.D19988-100000@porky.dcoder.com>
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Hi, At 23:33 10/03/2004, David Coder wrote: >two problems with freebsd on the thinkpad t40: > >1. there appears to be no freebsd driver in any release for the intel >wireless lan 2100 3b mini pci adapter. Project Evil works with this adapter (on my T41 at least). It's a work in progress on -current, but you can retrofit it to 5.x releases. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2188523+2195355+/usr/local/www/db/text/2004/freebsd-current/20040125.freebsd-current and followups. >2. the intel gigabit chip that the t40 appears to work with the em driver >(in my frustrating experience, anyway) only in 4.8 & 4.9, and then only >with some coaxing, whereas no amount of tweaking seems to help with 5.x. hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range="1" in /boot/loader.conf, like someone already said. -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254
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