Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:55:25 -0400 From: Understudy <list@understudy.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad t60p questions Message-ID: <4E42FE4D.1040500@understudy.net> In-Reply-To: <201108090809.54852.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <4E403D95.9070209@understudy.net> <CAN6yY1sd=BrcqM9CfsTOG7O3eWeg3yTta51cZ9QkYo_BEb1bEQ@mail.gmail.com> <201108090809.54852.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On 08/09/11 02:09, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Monday, August 08, 2011 22:55:05 Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Understudy<list@understudy.net> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have just loaded FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE on to my thinkpad t60p. I have a
>>> couple of questions.
>>> This model is 8741-A11. Currently I am running GENERIC as the kernel. I
>>> would like to tweak a few things and gain an understanding of a few things.
>>> Maybe help a few others along the way.
>>> So lots of information coming.
>>>
>>> none1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x10108086 chip=0x42278086 rev=0x02
>>> hdr=0x00
>>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>>> device = 'PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection'
>>> class = network
>> "none1 means no driver claimed this device. Looking at the current
>> pci.ids file, I don't see
>> 8086 1010 under 8086 4227. I only see 8086 1011 and 8086 1014. Looks
>> like IBM/Lenovo puts a custom PCI ID on the card for the T60 that is
>> different from that on the R60 and X60.
>>
>> You should be able to just add the 1010 ID to the driver and it will
>> probably work.
> Hmm.. the driver should attach fine to any 0x4227 card, the subdevice
> IDs are just used to differ between models with and without 11a
> support.
>
> What does 'kldload -v if_wpi' show?
>
I added this to my rc.conf
wlans_wpi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
Just as a quick way to to check for the driver.
I now get this when I do ifconfig -a
em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC>
ether 00:16:41:e4:77:24
inet 10.0.0.146 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC>
ether 00:16:41:e4:77:24
inet 10.0.0.146 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
wpi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290
ether 00:19:d2:9f:12:62
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=3<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV>
wlan0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
ether 00:19:d2:9f:12:62
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid "" channel 1 (2412 MHz 11b)
country US authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60
bintval 0
That seems like a step in the right direction. I have not had a chance
to test it on the wpa wireless yet. I will do so in a bit.
Sincerely,
Brendhan
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