Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:48:10 +0000 From: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Gilbert Cao <hika@bsdmon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, daniel.tourde@spray.se Subject: Re: How to install the 3945ABG Driver on a fresh FreeBSD 6.2 install? Message-ID: <45B690AA.9060400@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070121145925.GA3130@bsdmon.com> References: <200701172234.12466.daniel.tourde@spray.se> <45AEC0F4.3070900@unsane.co.uk> <20070121145925.GA3130@bsdmon.com>
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Gilbert Cao wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 12:36:04AM +0000, Vince Hoffman wrote: > >> I hate to say this but this driver only seems to compile on -CURRENT as >> far as i can tell (and as far as the conversation at >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+archive/2007/freebsd-drivers/20070107.freebsd-drivers >> leads me to believe.) >> There is another less complete driver floating around that is usable on >> 6.x although it only works for some people and even then only at 6 meg >> (i believe the conversation i linked contains links to that driver if >> you dont fancy running current.) >> >> Vince >> > > Hi, > > I think you are talking about that one > http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/wpi/wpi-freebsd-20061109.tgz > about a "less complete driver" "usable on 6.x". > And, yes, I have tried it, but it did not work for me. (I don't know yet > how it works for some people). > In my case, with ifconfig, the status is still on "no carrier". > No "associated" status. > > Hi, Could be although i got it from a different source. > About the following, > http://www.clearchain.com/~benjsc/download/20070107-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz > basically yes, it only compiles on -CURRENT. I have tried it and it > works for me. > > > As I wanted to stay on 6.x, I have installed a 6.2-RELEASE, and tried to > make the 20070107-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz compiles. > Here, you will find the result of my work : > http://www.bsdmon.com/download/20070121-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz > > Excelent, just got a chance to try this on an unsecured network (couldnt get wep to work but i dont tend to need it anyway,) works great, got more than the 6 meg connection speed the other one i was using gave me. > To make it compiles, I basically started from 20070107-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz > and took some code on wpi-freebsd-20061109.tgz. > > Now, this new one compiles and it works for me : > "status: associated" on ifconfig output. > Don't ask why I do this or that, in the code. I don't really know :p. > First, I just wanted to make the latest package I found, compile. > And, on the plus side, it works for me. > In the package, I have kept the original file as .orig, so you will see > what I have added and changed. > > My programming skill are limited to shell and perl (and limited even then) so i'll take your word for it. > I have intentionally commented WPI_DEBUG and WPI_CURRENT. > About WPI_CURRENT, this have to be commented, on 6.x. > About WPI_DEBUG, it is just that I wanted to get rid of lots of output, > in my daily use. > > > Hope it helps ;) > > It does indeed. many thanks, Vince
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