From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 23:53:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7012106566C for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:53:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from mail.clearchain.com (leo.clearchain.com [199.73.29.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52BD88FC0C for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:53:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.151] (wcl.ml.unisa.edu.au [130.220.166.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o19Ncox2059369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:09:01 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <4B71F30D.6030600@clearchain.com> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:13:09 +1030 From: benjamin close User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8pre) Gecko/20100124 Lightning/1.0b2pre Shredder/3.0.2pre MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20100205133859.GD41828@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20100205133859.GD41828@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (mail.clearchain.com [199.73.29.74]); Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:09:01 +1030 (CST) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE driver support on Thinkpad T500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:53:43 -0000 On 06/02/10 00:08, William Bulley wrote: > According to Gary Dunn on Fri, 02/05/10 at 04:56: > >> I just put 8.0-STABLE on my Fujitsu T1010 with Intel 5100 AGN and the >> iwn driver works perfectly. This what I put in /etc/rc.conf. (My home >> network is "Oz," I do not use encryption, and I restrict access by MAC >> address.) >> >> # iwn0 is built-in wifi >> wlans_iwn0="wlan0" >> ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP ssid=Oz" >> > Thanks, and this is very encouraging, but, BUT, will this work with > the Intel 5300 (AGN) that my T500 has installed? The man page for > iwn(4) lists the 5100 but not the 5300. I am not familiar enough > with this Intel hardware to know if they are close enough to each > other (work-alikes) for the iwn(4) driver. > > This might be worth my trying (to rebuild my kernel) this weekend > if I get the chance. Thanks again! :-) > > Looking at the driver, it appears yes - guess the man page is out of date: (From src/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c static const struct iwn_ident iwn_ident_table [] = { { 0x8086, 0x4229, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965BGN" }, { 0x8086, 0x422D, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965BGN" }, { 0x8086, 0x4230, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965BGN" }, { 0x8086, 0x4233, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 4965BGN" }, { 0x8086, 0x4232, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100" }, { 0x8086, 0x4237, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100" }, { 0x8086, 0x423C, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5150" }, { 0x8086, 0x423D, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5150" }, { 0x8086, 0x4235, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5300" }, { 0x8086, 0x4236, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5300" }, { 0x8086, 0x4236, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5350" }, { 0x8086, 0x423A, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5350" }, { 0x8086, 0x423B, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5350" }, { 0x8086, 0x0083, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 1000" }, { 0x8086, 0x0084, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 1000" }, { 0x8086, 0x008D, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x008E, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x4238, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x4239, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x422B, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x422C, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6000" }, { 0x8086, 0x0086, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6050" }, { 0x8086, 0x0087, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 6050" }, { 0, 0, NULL } }; Cheers, Benjamin