Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG - if_ipw not working

[Vince]

Justin Muir wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I load the module and I'm not getting the ipw0 device.
> If I'm reading the instructions
> (damien.bergamini.free.fr/ipw/ipw-freebsd.html)
> correctly, I should be able to:
> 
> 1. load the driver
> 2. see the ipw0 device 
> 3. load the firmware into the device with ipwcontrol.
> 

The 3945ABG needs the wpi driver (ipw is for 2100 chipset)
Damien's freebsd wpi driver has been discontinued (for some time see
http://kerneltrap.org/node/6497/ .)
The page for the driver currently being developed is
http://www.clearchain.com/wiki/Wpi but sadly
a) the tarballed versions are old and wont compile on -STABLE or
-CURRENT (dont know about 6.2-RELEASE though)
b) Unless you have perforce access you can only download the more recent
development version file by file (from
http://perforce.freebsd.org/depotTreeBrowser.cgi?FSPC=//depot/user/benjsc/wpi)
c) it doesnt work for me anyway ;)

sorry its not better news

regards,
Vince

> The if_ipw kernel module loads without errors.
> 
> I checked the device/driver under windows and that's
> what it's showing - Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG, IRQ 17
> 
> I checked my dmesg output and there is a network
> device with IRQ 17, but it states there is no driver
> loaded.
> 
> Not sure what I'm doing wrong here....
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Thx,
> 
> 
> jkm
> 
> ps - dmesg and uname output attached
> 
> 
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