Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection and FreeBSD

Sun Feb 19 14:31:34 UTC 2017

On 2/18/2017 10:02 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> Does anyone have a laptop with this adapter?  Does it work with FreeBSD 11?

Mea culpa...

I checked a laptop that I have running FreeBSD 11:

>From the dmesg:

wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xefdff000-0xefdfffff irq 17
at device 0.0 on pci1

It's been running since FreeBSD 11.0 was released, without any issues.
However, it is a very low usage laptop.

Full dmesg:

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FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE #0 r306211: Thu Sep 22 23:43:22 UTC 2016
    root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
FreeBSD clang version 3.8.0 (tags/RELEASE_380/final 262564) (based on
LLVM 3.8.0)
VT(vga): resolution 640x480
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2500  @ 2.00GHz (1995.04-MHz
686-class CPU)
  Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x6e8  Family=0x6  Model=0xe  Stepping=8

Features=0xbfe9fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0xc1a9<SSE3,MON,VMX,EST,TM2,xTPR,PDCM>
  AMD Features=0x100000<NX>
  VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) HLT,PAUSE
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 2147483648 (2048 MB)
avail memory = 2067509248 (1971 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   M07    >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
random: unblocking device.
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
random: entropy device external interface
kbd1 at kbdmux0
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xc1295360, 0) error 19
vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <DELL M07    > on motherboard
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440
Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 440
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71,0x72-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 2 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xeff8-0xefff mem
0xeff00000-0xeff7ffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xefec0000-0xefefffff irq 16
at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: <Intel 82945GM (945GM GMCH) SVGA controller> on vgapci0
agp0: aperture size is 256M, detected 7932k stolen memory
vgapci0: Boot video device
vgapci1: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xeff80000-0xefffffff at device
2.1 on pci0
hdac0: <Intel 82801G HDA Controller> mem 0xefebc000-0xefebffff irq 21 at
device 27.0 on pci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.0 on pci0
pcib1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.1 on pci0
pcib2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
wpi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG> mem 0xefdff000-0xefdfffff irq 17
at device 0.0 on pci1
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 28.3 on pci0
pcib3: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: <Intel 82801G (ICH7) USB controller USB-A> port 0xbf80-0xbf9f irq
20 at device 29.0 on pci0
usbus0 on uhci0
uhci1: <Intel 82801G (ICH7) USB controller USB-B> port 0xbf60-0xbf7f irq
21 at device 29.1 on pci0
usbus1 on uhci1
uhci2: <Intel 82801G (ICH7) USB controller USB-C> port 0xbf40-0xbf5f irq
22 at device 29.2 on pci0
usbus2 on uhci2
uhci3: <Intel 82801G (ICH7) USB controller USB-D> port 0xbf20-0xbf3f irq
23 at device 29.3 on pci0
usbus3 on uhci3
ehci0: <Intel 82801GB/R (ICH7) USB 2.0 controller> mem
0xffa80000-0xffa803ff irq 20 at device 29.7 on pci0
usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
usbus4 on ehci0
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xef9fe000-0xef9fffff irq
17 at device 0.0 on pci2
miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0
bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100 media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
bmtphy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:14:22:a6:ed:21
pci2: <serial bus, FireWire> at device 1.0 (no driver attached)
sdhci_pci0: <RICOH R5C822 SD> mem 0xef9fd400-0xef9fd4ff irq 18 at device
1.1 on pci2
sdhci_pci0: 1 slot(s) allocated
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH7M SATA150 controller> port
0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xbfa0-0xbfaf irq 17 at device 31.2
on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel> at channel 0 on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel> at channel 1 on atapci0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64,0x62,0x66 irq 1 on
acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
pmtimer0 on isa0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xce7ff,0xce800-0xcffff pnpid
ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
coretemp0: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
coretemp1: <CPU On-Die Thermal Sensors> on cpu1
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
nvme cam probe device init
hdacc0: <Sigmatel STAC9220 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <Sigmatel STAC9220 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <Sigmatel STAC9220 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 14,13 and 16 on hdaa0
usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ugen2.1: <Intel> at usbus2
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen3.1: <Intel> at usbus3
ugen4.1: <Intel> at usbus4
uhub3: <Intel UHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus3
uhub4: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus4
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <Hitachi HTS721060G9SA00 MC3OC10H> ATA-7 SATA 1.x device
ada0: Serial Number MPCC18Y3GN0RVJ
ada0: 150.000MB/s transfers (SATA, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes)
cd0 at ata1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
cd0: <_NEC DVD+-RW ND-6650A 102C> Removable CD-ROM SCSI device
cd0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
ada0: 55796MB (114270345 512 byte sectors)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...
uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:13:02:5b:4b:c1
wlan0: link state changed to UP
bfe0: link state changed to DOWN