Re: CFT: Texas Instruments ACX100/111 IEEE 802.11 driver.

From: Robert Noland <rnoland_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:34:32 -0500
On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 20:17 +0100, Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 02:01:58PM -0500, Robert Noland wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 18:18 +0100, Alexey Shuvaev wrote:
> > > Hello list!
> > > 
> > > As it is device driver, I think this list is more appropriate rather than
> > > ports_at_.
> > > 
> > > I've just updated net/acx100 port:
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=129977
> > > but I have no actual hardware :(
> > > 
> > > Have someone one of:
> > > 
> > > Card                    Bus             Type
> > > Binatone WL-1000        CARDBUS         ACX100
> > > D-Link DWL-650+         CARDBUS         ACX100
> > > US Robotics USR2210     CARDBUS         ACX100
> > > US Robotics USR2216     PCI             ACX100
> > > D-Link DWL-G650+        CARDBUS         ACX111
> > > D-Link DWL-G520+        PCI             ACX111
> > > US Robotics USR5416     PCI             ACX111
> > > SAFECOM SWLPT-54125     PCI             ACX111
> > > 
> > > and could give it a try (with a new port from the PR)?
> > > Is it a rare hardware? Any interest in maintaining it?
> > > Any ongoing support in the base?
> > 
> > I have a linksys wpc54g v2 card which is a 111 part.  The updated port
> > does not autoload the firmware, but if I manually load the firmware,
> > then it attaches.  It doesn't quite work though.
> > 
> Nice (I mean that it attaches, at least :)!
> Developer suggests loading appropriate firmware first.
> You also need to use specialized acxtool, it is installed by the port.
> See (at the bottom): http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/
> (and man page if_axc(4) too).
> Does this pushes the card to work?

acxtool does seem to set the ssid and channel, though it still doesn't
seem to associate. Note that I am on -CURRENT.  ifconfig continues to
complain that channel is undefined regardless of what it is set to.

wombat% sudo acxtool acx0 -S "2HIP" -M managed -C 5
Setting ssid to 2HIP
Setting infrastructure ess/bss capability
Setting channel to 5  
wombat% ifconfig                                   
acx0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        ether 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
        status: no carrier
ifconfig: unable to get HT configuration information: Invalid argument
ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 5 flags 0x0
        ssid 2HIP%

robert.

> > acx111fw: registering firmware
> > cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xf2
> > cardbus0: Expecting link target, got 0xf2
> > acx0: <Texas Instruments (TI) 802.11b+/g 54Mbps Wireless Adapter> mem
> > 0xfe620000-0xfe63ffff,0xfe602000-0xfe603fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on
> > cardbus0
> > acx0: Radio type: 16
> > acx0: Firmware revision: 1.2.1.34
> > acx0: Regulatory domain: FCC USA (1-11)
> > acx0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> > acx0: Ethernet address: 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2
> > acx0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > acx0: [ITHREAD]
> > 
> > acx0: flags=8803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> >         ether 00:0f:66:c6:d7:f2
> >         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
> >         status: no carrier
> > ifconfig: unable to get HT configuration information: Invalid argument
> > ifconfig: unknown/undefined channel number 255 flags 0x0
> >         ssid
> > ""%                                                                
> > 
> Which command it was? Just ifconfig without arguments?
> The author says you should use ifconfig only to configure ip address.
> For anything else he suggests to use 'acxtool'.
> Can you give it a try?
> 
> > robert.
> > 
> Thanks so far,
> Alexey.
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