From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 7 01:26:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F132016A417 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@rexdb.com) Received: from mail.rexdb.com (mail.rexdb.com [216.243.161.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F5F13C457 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@rexdb.com) Received: from Laptop.totaldiver.net (fl-209-26-20-205.sta.embarqhsd.net [209.26.20.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.rexdb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2986AD25B; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:25:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4758A0A4.2090002@rexdb.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:23:48 -0500 From: Jeff Palmer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071124) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <475759B7.6080502@gmail.com> <475762D0.8080404@acm.poly.edu> <4757FC17.4040605@clearchain.com> <47583D14.2020900@rexdb.com> <475870C0.9070908@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <475870C0.9070908@errno.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Benjamin Adams , Boris Kochergin , Benjamin Close , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless 3945ABG Wireless support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:26:44 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > Jeff Palmer wrote: >> Benjamin Close wrote: >> >>> Boris Kochergin wrote: >>> >>>> Benjamin Adams wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm currently running 6.2 on my ibm T60. >>>>> I want to upgrade to 7.0 or 8.0. >>>>> Do either one have the intel 3945ABG wireless driver installed by >>>>> default? >>>>> or where can I download the latest drivers for it? >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>>> Ben Adams >>>>> http://www.FreeBSD-World.com/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>> You can get the driver for 7/8 from >>>> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi, and it's included in 8-CURRENT. >>>> >>> And about to be MFC'ed to 7... well at least in the next day. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Benjamin >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> There seems to be a lot of reports of success using the wpi driver for >> that chipset, however it's not working for everyone. Count me as one of >> them it doesn't currently work for. You can search the archives if you >> are interested in details. >> >> > > If you've got a problem and want it fixed please file a PR w/ > sufficient information for someone to diagnose. Referring to some old > post is unlikely to result in help. > > Sam > > > !DSPAM:8,475870d721261944516145! > > Sam, I didn't feel a PR was in order just yet, because I had posted and gotten a reply from Ben with a patch he wanted me to try. The patch got my hardware a bit closer to associating. However it wasn't "quite there yet." I'm aware he's busy, and I'm quite patient. So the fact that he hasn't had me try anything else in the meantime doesn't annoy or bother me in the least. It's quite the opposite actually. These developers who know enough to write (or port) drivers, and then donate their time to actually _do_ it have nothing but my utmost respect. I didn't mean for that post to sound like "RUN AWAY!" or like I was complaining. That's actually why I mentioned the large number of success stories, to show that many people do have it going without problems. I'm not sure if there are different revisions of the chip, or what the problem may be; but I was just making the original poster aware that he may still have problems with it, and he probably wouldn't be the only one if he did. At this point, I'll leave it up to Benjamin Close (who is being CC'd) Would you prefer I filed a formal PR just to get it "on the record?" I've tried the p4fetch.rb script mentioned on the clearchain wpi page, but apparantly I don't have something installed that it needs. I have ruby installed, but it complains, so I'm guessing I'm missing a library or plugin it needs. However, I don't know or use ruby, so I have no clue what to install. Sadly, downloading things from perforce is a serious pain if doing it manually, so I just haven't tried the p4 version. Hope that cleared things up. In summary: Thanks Ben (and all the developers!) for some seriously great work. Jeff