Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:45:26 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Lars Engels" <lme@freebsd.org>, "Benjamin Close" <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFT] Intel 3945abg wireless driver (wpi) Message-ID: <b1fa29170711011745q76853171j6e1453863d13e6fd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net> References: <472A6708.9030109@clearchain.com> <20071102004248.GA5253@e.0x20.net>
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man kenv On 11/1/07, Lars Engels <lme@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:23:44AM +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > > Howdy All, I'm pleased to announce the first 'official' experimental version of the wpi wireless driver and hence require your help in making it become > > stable. > > Expect a few things not to work (ie bg scanning, setting txpower) but in general the driver should be usable in station mode (hostap is not yet supported). > > > > If you've got an Intel 3945abg wireless card, grab the tarball at: > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~benjsc/downloads/wpi/20071102-freebsd-wpi.tar.gz > > > > Untar and follow the instructions in the README. > > If you want more info about the driver, or to checkout the FAQ checkout: > > > > http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi > > > > I'm interested in all reports related to panics, things not working as expected, etc. > > The driver still has debug enabled so expect a few messages to be dumped to the screen whilst in use. > > > > Finally, many thanks to all those that have been helping debug the driver along the way. > > > > Cheers, > > Benjamin > > Good to know that someone is still working on it. > However, it doesn't work for me. I cannot load the firmware: > > lars@ttyp3 # kldload wpifw > lars@ttyp3 # dmesg > wpifw: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/. > wpifw: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > in /boot/loader.conf. > module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpifw_fw, 0xc6d1151c, 0) error 1 > > lars@ttyp3 # grep legal.intel_wpi.license_ack /boot/loader.conf > legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 > > lars@ttyp3 # sysctl legal > sysctl: unknown oid 'legal' > > And I even read the license! ;-) > > Lars > >
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