Intel WiFi 5100/5300

[Vassilis Laganakos]

Hello,



> On Thursday 15 October 2009 08:15:57 Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> > .. anyways, I'll post updates on  sunday.
> 
> Here we go.
> 
> http://techwires.net/~bschmidt/patches/freebsd/iwn/
> 
> Testers/feedback welcome!
> 
> Code is pretty stable although there are still a few open issues. Nothing 
> major I should be able to figure them out.
> 
> * I did only tests with a 5100 card, other might not yet work.. I will do 
> tests wie 5300 and 4965 cards later this week.
> * 11N has not been tested at all.
> * Deauth/disconnect frames are not handled correctly, those yield firmware 
> errors. The remote side might therefore not be able to clean up correctly, 
> whichs lead to no answers to probe requests on new scans.
> * Encryption of any kind does not yet work.
> * Monitor mode/radiotap does not yet work.
> * IBSS mode has not been tested.
> * iwnfw module is locked somehow on kldunload.
> * RF kill switch might not work correctly.
> * Manpage needs an update. :)
> * Suspend/resume is broken.
> 

Awesome! I was checking things out for iwn 5100, but I was getting firmware problems.
I'll try your stuff on 8-STABLE and get back with info.

Thank you very much for working on this!

Best regards,
Vassilis L.