Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:58:02 -0600 From: "Sam Fourman Jr." <sfourman@gmail.com> To: "Da Rock" <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: iwn driver on 7.1] Message-ID: <11167f520901152358t12e549fbu18a72c56398920ee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1232083509.22938.90.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1232083509.22938.90.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> > 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
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