Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:37:20 +1200 From: Peter Toth <freebsd@snap.net.nz> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6205a Message-ID: <4DB8D2E0.6000400@snap.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <201104200815.58433.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <4DAE2133.20108@snap.net.nz> <201104200815.58433.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On 04/20/11 18:15, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 01:56:35 Peter Toth wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I have a company laptop which comes with the advanced centrino intel >> chipset see bellow. >> >> The iwn driver requested the iwn6005fw firmware module which is not >> available in stock FreeBSD 8.2. I've grabbed the firmware out of OpenBSD >> repository and converted it to a proper loadable module. >> >> The interface is working OK for about 2 minutes (with WPA2) and then it >> bounces UP and DOWN - if I reload wpasupplicant it will associate again >> and works for 2 minutes then it will drop again. >> >> Anyone got this chipset working somehow? - seems like it is supported in >> OpenBSD. >> >> Details here: >> iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6205a> mem 0xd4000000-0xd4001fff irq 19 at >> device 0.0 on pci37 >> iwn0: MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address a0:88:b4:14:77:20 >> iwn0: [ITHREAD] >> iwn0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps >> iwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps >> iwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps >> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps > Can you pull the driver files from HEAD[1] rebuild the module and > try again? I've committed a few changes lately which fixes the > calibration on at least the 6230(6005b). > > [1] http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/head/sys/dev/iwn/ > I can confirm now after a few days of active usage - all is working as expected. No errors and no link drops.
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