Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 5100AGN support

From: Sam Fourman Jr. <sfourman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:52:36 -0500
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Sam Leffler <sam_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> Nicolas wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use my wireless card Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100AGN.
>>
>> I added to the file "/usr/src/sys/dev/iwn/if_iwn.c" the code "{ 0x8086,
>> 0x4237, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100AGN" },"
>>
>> After, i found on the net the file "iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz"
>> which contains the firmware code "iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode".
>>   I have converted with the command: "b64encode iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
>> iwlwifi-5000-1.fw.uu > iwlwifi-5000-1.fw.uu"
>> Then I changed the file "/usr/src/sys/modules/iwnfw/Makefile" to match the
>> new file "iwlwifi-5000-1.fw.uu
>>
>> After all modules load (driver + firmware), she was recognized as:
>>
>> iwn0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5100AGN> mem 0xde000000-0xde001fff irq 16 at
>> device 0.0 on pci2
>> iwn0: Reg Domain: , address 00:21:6b:2b:78:04
>> iwn0: iwn_read_eeprom_ht40: no entry for channel 124
>> iwn0: iwn_read_eeprom_ht40: no entry for channel 132
>> iwn0: iwn_read_eeprom_ht40: no entry for channel 149
>> iwn0: iwn_read_eeprom_ht40: no entry for channel 157
>> iwn0: [ITHREAD]
>> iwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>> iwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
>> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
>> iwn0: 11ng MCS: 15Mbps 30Mbps 45Mbps 60Mbps 90Mbps 120Mbps 135Mbps 150Mbps
>> 30Mbps 60Mbps 90Mbps 120Mbps 180Mbps 240Mbps 270Mbps 300Mbps
>>
>> But when i try to connect to the web, i have this message:
>>
>> iwn0: iwn_transfer_firmware: invalid firmware header, main [128504,49152],
>> init [118176,49152] boot 0
>> iwn0: iwn_init_locked: could not load firmware, error 22
>>
>> Is this a problem of conversion ?
>> The conversion input command is bad ?
>>
> Parts >4965 require driver mods.  Noone has stepped up to work on it.
>
>   Sam
>

Does anyone know if someone is working on a INTEL 5100 agn driver yet?

Sam Fourman Jr.
Received on Sat Apr 25 2009 - 21:22:00 UTC

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