[iwn] Centrino 135 support

Gavin Atkinson gavin at FreeBSD.org
Mon Jan 6 19:09:05 UTC 2014


On Mon, 6 Jan 2014, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Cool!
> 
> Now, why'd you use the 2030 limits / config? Does the linux driver code do this?

Yes, other than the firmware itself, Linux basically treats this exactly 
like a 2030:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-2000.c?id=refs/tags/v3.13-rc7

Gavin

> 
> On 6 January 2014 10:50, Gavin Atkinson <gavin at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Jan 2014, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> >
> >> Hi! Thanks for taking  look at it!
> >>
> >> Feel free to commit the firmware files and add it to the build.
> >>
> >> I'll look at the required driver config changes.  Just drop me a separate patch for that.
> >
> > Firmware committed, patch at http://people.freebsd.org/~gavin/iwn135.diff
> > updated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Gavin
> >
> >> On Jan 4, 2014 5:55 PM, "Gavin Atkinson" <gavin at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>       Hi all,
> >>
> >>       I have a new laptop (Lenovo G500s) with a Centrino 135, which isn't
> >>       currently supported by iwn(4).  According to the Linux driver, this
> >>       chipset requires a new firmware, but otherwise appears to be treated very
> >>       similarly to the 2030.
> >>
> >>       The patch at http://people.freebsd.org/~gavin/iwn135.diff works for me.
> >>       I've tested it heavily with a IWN_DID_135_2/IWN_SDID_135_2 device on both
> >>       11g and 11ng, and it seems stable (certainly no less stable than other
> >>       iwn(4) interfaces...)
> >>
> >>       Is anybody able to review?
> >>
> >>       Thanks,
> >>
> >>       Gavin
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