Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:15:22 +0800 From: kevin <stringflow@gmail.com> To: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About iwn firmware Message-ID: <d4b0fbf00907101115m62bf74b9lc6c2443478240c09@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5777F6.5040700@freebsd.org> References: <d4b0fbf00907100639t7a91f4afmf826d3f47b438116@mail.gmail.com> <4A5777F6.5040700@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org> wrote: > kevin wrote: > >> Hi, >> I notice iwn's firmware hasn't been updated for a long time.Is there any >> plan to import newer version iwn firmware ? current version is >> iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.17 in the source tree, while latest version is >> iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24. >> >> http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads&f=ucodes_4965 >> >> > Not sure why you want newer firmware. If it's for newer chip support then > that requires driver changes and is non-trivial. > > Sam > > iwn driver works well when system up.but it is not so robust.it will stop transfer data and throw some errors in these conditions: 1 . mount nfs via wireless network,if i transfer a lot of data.it may stop receiving data after some time. 2 . wireless network is busy, then some one reboot the wireless AP.it may throw some errors and stop working. 3 . Find wireless network works slow and switch to Ethernet,.if try /etc/rc.d/netif restart, it may throw some errors and stop working. all these are fixed by reboot system(reload iwn and iwnfw dose not work at most time). i also find iwn driver printe a lot of microcode error related messages when it failed(not easy to reproduce it). No official Change Log, i just notice the *description *in gentoo bug#202818. Thanks, Kevin
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