On 2012/10/11 at 01:54, Bernhard Schmidt <bschm...@techwires.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 10 October 2012 15:51:24 Denise H. G. wrote:
>> >>>>> none3@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x42228086 chip=0x08918086
>> >>>>> rev=0xc4 hdr=0x00
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Is there a driver for that under FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE?
>
> No, not yet. I'm having a hard figuring out the new firmware API for
> those new devices. Working on it..
>
>> >> I tried to add some device ids into the source code of the drivers, but
>> >> with no luck. Maybe I am doing it the wrong way.
>> >
>> > The card ID in the code is 4220 and yours has is 4222. Edit
>> > /sys/dev/iwi/if_iwi.c and add:
>> > { 0x8086, 0x4222, "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG" },
>> > after line 123.
>
> Note the tiny difference in here ;)
>
> Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> vs.
> Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 BGN
>
> There are like 10 years in between. :)
>
> Just to clarify, the 0x4222 is for iwn(4), adding the IDs there is the
> first step, followed by a new firmware module and some glue code.
>
> I already thought about adding just the firmware but not the IDs yet,
> for others to tinker with. Issue is that this would generate
> regressions with already working cards, eg. 6230. So, eventually..
> just not yet.
>
Thanks for clarifying! hope it would not be too long before it works!
> --
> Bernhard
>
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