Re: wireless 3945ABG Wireless support

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/
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>>> 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
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>
> 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.
>   
I know some people seem to be having association issues and I'm working 
to fix them. The reality is more people have been claiming success than 
failure hence the reason to the MFC to 7.
Try giving the code in p4 a shot and see how you go. I'll be putting it 
in HEAD once I finish cleaning it up a little I'd certainly be 
interested in your results.

http://perforce.freebsd.org/depotTreeBrowser.cgi?FSPC=//depot/user/benjsc/wpi&HIDEDEL=NO

Cheers,
    Benjamin