Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:32:35 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPW3945 in 6.2 Message-ID: <4693DED3.90809@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4693AA08.6040706@voidmain.net> References: <4693AA08.6040706@voidmain.net>
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Tom Grove wrote: > What are the chances that IPW3945 will work in 6.2? Has anyone > accomplished this? Also, is it likely that the wpi drivers will be > ready for 7.0? > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > I have actually succeeded in making my 3945 work in 6.2 Release, but I used the January 2007 version of the wpi driver http://www.clearchain.com/~benjsc/download/20070125-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz This only works on the release version and it breaks if you perform a freebsd-update and recompile your kernel. I have only tested basic features (i.e. no encryption of any kind) but it worked ok. >From what I've read the driver is in heavy development and will probably go open for beta testing soon. I believe there will be a working solution either included in 7, or something you can download and compile yourself. Read more details here: http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi
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