New version of iwi(4) - Call for testers [regression!]

[Max Laier]

On Monday 20 March 2006 23:06, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> dima wrote:
> > I had a chance to test the driver more throughly today. It can't connect
> > to some access points. Sometimes reboot helps, sometimes not. I didn't
> > experience this with the driver currently present in the tree; well, I
> > used /usr/ports/net/iwi-firmware (not the kmod version). This can be the
> > case.
> >
>  > When I run the 2 following commands in the script it sometimes
> >
> > fails to load the firmware properly:
> >
> > # ifconfig iwi0 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
> >
>  > # iwiconfig -i iwi0 -d /boot/firmware -m bss
>  >
>  > It seems that if_iwi module needs some time to initialize the card
>  > properly (I have a 2915 one); and it's really ready to boot a firmware
>  > in several milliseconds.
>
> What is the "iwiconfig" program and why are you using it with Max's driver?
>   The first command is all that is needed to get the interface up and
> configured, assuming you're using static IPs on an open AP.


Let me clear up some things here:
1) This is not "mine" driver.  It's Damien's with a lot of patches that I hope 
to test by putting out this version.
2) iwiconfig is no longer needed to load firmware.  iwi-firmware-kmod from 
ports is the weapon of choice for both, the driver version from CVS and the 
one from my page.
3) The aim is to merge the changes in "my" driver to CVS modulo regressions.  
That is why I am mostly interested in side-by-side testing.  I will put out a 
new tarball later this week that will help with that.  If you already did 
some such testing, I'd be happy to hear your results.

-- 
/"\  Best regards,                      | mlaier at freebsd.org
\ /  Max Laier                          | ICQ #67774661
 X   http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/  | mlaier at EFnet
/ \  ASCII Ribbon Campaign              | Against HTML Mail and News
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/attachments/20060320/5b9a75d5/attachment.pgp