Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:44:36 +1030 From: Benjamin Close <Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com> To: Jeff Palmer <jeff@rexdb.com> Cc: Benjamin Adams <freebsdworld@gmail.com>, Boris Kochergin <spawk@acm.poly.edu>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wireless 3945ABG Wireless support Message-ID: <475BEA3C.5050305@clearchain.com> In-Reply-To: <4758A0A4.2090002@rexdb.com> References: <475759B7.6080502@gmail.com> <475762D0.8080404@acm.poly.edu> <4757FC17.4040605@clearchain.com> <47583D14.2020900@rexdb.com> <475870C0.9070908@errno.com> <4758A0A4.2090002@rexdb.com>
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Jeff Palmer wrote: > Sam Leffler wrote: > >> Jeff Palmer wrote: >> >>> Benjamin Close wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Boris Kochergin wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Benjamin Adams wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I'm currently running 6.2 on my ibm T60. >>>>>> I want to upgrade to 7.0 or 8.0. >>>>>> Do either one have the intel 3945ABG wireless driver installed by >>>>>> default? >>>>>> or where can I download the latest drivers for it? >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>>>> Ben Adams >>>>>> http://www.FreeBSD-World.com/ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> You can get the driver for 7/8 from >>>>> http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi, and it's included in 8-CURRENT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> And about to be MFC'ed to 7... well at least in the next day. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Benjamin >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> There seems to be a lot of reports of success using the wpi driver for >>> that chipset, however it's not working for everyone. Count me as one of >>> them it doesn't currently work for. You can search the archives if you >>> are interested in details. >>> >>> >>> >> If you've got a problem and want it fixed please file a PR w/ >> sufficient information for someone to diagnose. Referring to some old >> post is unlikely to result in help. >> >> Sam >> >> >> !DSPAM:8,475870d721261944516145! >> >> >> > Sam, > > I didn't feel a PR was in order just yet, because I had posted and > gotten a reply from Ben with a patch he wanted me to try. The patch got > my hardware a bit closer to associating. However it wasn't "quite there > yet." I'm aware he's busy, and I'm quite patient. So the fact that he > hasn't had me try anything else in the meantime doesn't annoy or bother > me in the least. > > It's quite the opposite actually. These developers who know enough to > write (or port) drivers, and then donate their time to actually _do_ it > have nothing but my utmost respect. > > I didn't mean for that post to sound like "RUN AWAY!" or like I was > complaining. That's actually why I mentioned the large number of > success stories, to show that many people do have it going without > problems. I'm not sure if there are different revisions of the chip, > or what the problem may be; but I was just making the original poster > aware that he may still have problems with it, and he probably wouldn't > be the only one if he did. > > At this point, I'll leave it up to Benjamin Close (who is being CC'd) > Would you prefer I filed a formal PR just to get it "on the record?" > > I've tried the p4fetch.rb script mentioned on the clearchain wpi page, > but apparantly I don't have something installed that it needs. I have > ruby installed, but it complains, so I'm guessing I'm missing a library > or plugin it needs. However, I don't know or use ruby, so I have no > clue what to install. Sadly, downloading things from perforce is a > serious pain if doing it manually, so I just haven't tried the p4 version. > > Hope that cleared things up. In summary: Thanks Ben (and all the > developers!) for some seriously great work. > > Jeff > Hi Jeff, For now please send me logs and a list of issues. I'll work with you to resolve them in the p4 branch as time permits. Cheers, Benjamin
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