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Date:      Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:19:59 -0600
From:      Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com>
To:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New version of iwi(4) - Call for testers
Message-ID:  <441DA0CF.7000607@palisadesys.com>
In-Reply-To: <200603150441.50904.max@love2party.net>
References:  <200603052102.24881.max@love2party.net>	<20060308201150.GB20475@laverenz.de> <200603150441.50904.max@love2party.net>

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Max Laier wrote:
> All,
>
> the new version at: 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~mlaier/new_iwi/20060315.both.tgz
>
> should build for RELENG_6 and HEAD.  Make sure to have the latest RELENG_6 
> checkout with the taskqueue changes.
>
> This version supports version 3.0 and version 2.4 firmware.  From iwi_fw you 
> can build and install either version.  For 3.0 just #make all install, for 
> 2.4: #make IWI_FW_VERSION=240 all install  This shouldn't make a difference, 
> though.
>
> "cmd 0x19" is WME config, by the way.  It seems the firmware doesn't like the 
> sequence we setup the card.
>
> Please keep testing and post your feedback - thanks.
This version has been holding up well for me under FreeBSD 6.1 BETA4.  
I've been able to easily attach to my home access point and even run 
portupgrade on an NFS-mounted /usr/ports, both of which had been 
problematic for me using the stock 6.0 and 6.1-BETA driver.  Great work!

Guy

-- 
Guy Helmer, Ph.D., Principal System Architect, Palisade Systems, Inc.
ghelmer@palisadesys.com
http://www.palisadesys.com/~ghelmer




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