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Date:      Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:54:48 +0930
From:      Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com>
To:        kevin <stringflow@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: About iwn firmware
Message-ID:  <4A5AA900.7080108@clearchain.com>
In-Reply-To: <d4b0fbf00907100741o3acbb3b2k52cb137a8f920c13@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <d4b0fbf00907100639t7a91f4afmf826d3f47b438116@mail.gmail.com> <d4b0fbf00907100741o3acbb3b2k52cb137a8f920c13@mail.gmail.com>

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On 11/07/09 00:11, kevin wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:39 PM, kevin <stringflow@gmail.com 
> <mailto:stringflow@gmail.com>> 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
>     <http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads&f=ucodes_4965>;
>
>
>
>
>
>     Thanks,
>     Kevin
>
> well i test the firmware, I find iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.20 works 
> well ,but iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24 does not. 
> iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.* seems does not compatible with 
> iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.* .
>
> Sorry for reply myself.

The new firmware required a different loading method. This has not yet 
been implemented.
I've started updating iwn but due to a lack of time haven't got very far.

Cheers,
     Benjamin



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