Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:57:20 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer Aspire AS5672 and Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg Message-ID: <20061120015720.7d526fb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20060728165144.fead1c51.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20060728165144.fead1c51.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:51:44 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Acer Aspire AS5672WLMi laptop. Among other things, it has an > Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG inside. Staus on the 3945 and the wpi driver has changed. There is a new wpi driver (work in progress) at http://people.freebsd.org/~flz/local/wpi/ I compiled the driver on tingo@kg-home$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-home.kg4.no 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #3: Fri Nov 10 23:09:04 CET 2006 root@k and copied the modules (if_wpi.ko and wpi_ucode.ko) to /boot/modules. After a 'kldload if_wpi' my wireless works: tingo@kg-home$ ifconfig wpi0 wpi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.1.150.12 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.1.255.255 ether 00:13:02:3e:d4:ce media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/6Mbps) status: associated ssid kg4 channel 1 bssid 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpowmax 100 bmiss 7 protmode CTS roaming MANUAL bintval 100 There is a caveat: the driver only works when aCPI is disabled. But this goes for other network drivers (bge) on this laptop too. It probably is related to a lousy BIOS / ACPI implementation on this specific laptop. More info about this laptop and FreeBSD on my web page http://tingox.googlepages.com/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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