Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:51:24 +0800 From: darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Subject: Re: What driver should I use for 'intel centrino wireless-N 2200 BGN' ? Message-ID: <86txu277vn.fsf@venux.xbsd.name> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1tJEV=Ybpi_PRS_5kQKnXrRBr0HAhyB6_n791AExPf46A@mail.gmail.com> (Kevin Oberman's message of "Tue, 9 Oct 2012 21:32:26 -0700") References: <86ehl96o4i.fsf@venux.xbsd.name> <CAPS9%2BSvb=4UF33oQ%2BG7SSyyEgwHK46TqVw5KjTS83B4Mi2Z9JA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1tHfpJLFAiH=PR2CLrtpgvWsVSj-iq45hUC08WirDVd9w@mail.gmail.com> <86y5jfye1u.fsf@venux.xbsd.name> <CAN6yY1tJEV=Ybpi_PRS_5kQKnXrRBr0HAhyB6_n791AExPf46A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2012/10/10 at 12:32, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Denise H. G. <darcsis@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2012/10/09 at 00:44, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Denise H. G. <darcsis@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi list, >>>>> >>>>> I tried ipw, iwn, and iwi, but ended up with no luck. What's more, it >>>>> seems that the wireless adapter has not been even detected by the >>>>> system. I ran 'pciconf -l' and got this line which seems to be my >>>>> wireless adapter: >>>>> >>>>> none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x42228086 chip=0x08918086 >>>>> rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00 >>>>> >>>>> Is there a driver for that under FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>> >>>> Man page for iwi says >>>> The iwi driver provides support for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG >>>> >>>> Do you have legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in loader.conf ? >>>> >>>> Perhaps you need to check if the device id is listed in the source code? >>> >>> Yes. Some vendors (e.g. Lenovo, HP) have private PCIIDs on their >>> cards, so they may not be in the source. Adding them is trivial, but, >>> should this be the issue, please open a PR to have it added to the >>> source in SVN. >> >> I tried to add some device ids into the source code of the drivers, but >> with no luck. Maybe I am doing it the wrong way. > > The card ID in the code is 4220 and yours has is 4222. Edit > /sys/dev/iwi/if_iwi.c and add: > { 0x8086, 0x4222, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG" }, > after line 123. > > If you are loading the module, you can just rebuild that. Otherwise > you will need to rebuild the kernel. If you are not familiar with > building a module, rebuilding the whole thing, kernel and modules, is > probably the best idea. > > Note that I don't currently have any 2200BG card, so I have not done > any testing. I looked at the pci.ids file and it does not seem to have > an entry for 0x4220, but does have one for 0x4222, so I am a bit > confused, but the pci.ids file is not relevant to the driver. It's > just an oddity. Thanks for your help. I've added the card's id to if_iwn.c and rebuilt the kernel. When system boots, the card is recognized. But the driver says it cannot load the firmware for this specific card. I guess more work is to be done to get this card running. I took a look at the code in if_iwn.c. It seems it is pretty hard coded for the known cards. If a new card is to be supported, much work may be needed to do it. Anyway, thank you. I think I might need a USB wireless solution now. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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