From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 07:58:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36243106564A for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:58:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E328FC13 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sfourman@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so600476ywe.13 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:58:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=6uXADHX7YItH3aXbAYxOwMSy6RXi69nrYz0oH6rDxfQ=; b=vfoGnawVCwGQmPEOX265JSv9+RCAM8a9bH9NwBGSy8ME3WFMoJRqpHItKD7gWcKpOw vle/x61VWiV/zFsXulkWL43GBfZZGdnKjztWDyPv4z4byWThbliB1VTgobdjHbiQmT7R ZXltrp0uAe+Ed8RZ5Oq4aknCNVbhdVDr/Tc+E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=uBFT+ULqdovdYw05JE8hCInnq7uFeWQ6sYr7BM72al9YKo5Ull+5y3rKxOGoNx1YAr HTzEcY6N5TctDdg+9Ts3WR+94X0QOYPFxEjvigjOBiRLbdpZ24o7weKAtNFF3aPry/Tn CamNAwW/tBDPWB9rikRO7v+kRLOkMQBnGRtEg= Received: by 10.100.143.14 with SMTP id q14mr1827548and.47.1232092682432; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:58:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.201.19 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:58:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <11167f520901152358t12e549fbu18a72c56398920ee@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:58:02 -0600 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." To: "Da Rock" In-Reply-To: <1232083509.22938.90.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1232083509.22938.90.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: iwn driver on 7.1] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:58:03 -0000 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Da Rock > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:32:04 +1000 > Subject: iwn driver on 7.1 > I've tried the driver on 7.0- 8.0 current is out of the question as it > still doesn't fully function either- but I'm trying to sort out 7.1 > (might as well, I have many other issues to work out so I might as well > fix them on this :) ). > > The driver patches compiles (iwn-7 from gavin), but when I load it goes > through the channels and errors and finally dies with a full page fault. > SO, firstly what info is needed here to help resolve this issue? Second, > the full functionality of the card is not there- no encryption in > transmission (no wep, wpa, etc), a channels not working, etc. Again is > there someone who I could work with to help get this card working? > > For reference (Wojciech will be happy to know his suspicions are indeed > correct :) ) linux has gone to the crapper and even debian can barely > hold its own with the intel 4965. Incidentally none of the linuxes have > consistent success at all, and I failed miserably on debian and fedora. > Although it did work somewhat with fedora 8- strange huh? And its not > the only area, drivers, kernel, software all seems deeply flawed now: > seems the project is starting to crumble! I'm struggling to keep my tv > server up and running on fedora 10 - there appears I may have a light at > the end of my tunnel in that I may be able to get drivers working for > freebsd! > for what it is worth I too would very much like iwn working on freebsd 7.1, it works ok on 8-current but I did run in a issue where all I had available to me were wep based AP's (linksys wrt54G) and I could not connect. Sam Fourman Jr. Fourman Networks