Re: ipw3945 driver issues with Debian Sid
Josh Richard wrote:
Good Day,
I am having connection issues with a new laptop running the ipw3945
driver. Hopefull something jumps out at someone.
Here are the details...
Debian sid on HP Compaq NC6320.
The wireless interface is eth2.
/lib/modules/2.6.21-2-686/contrib/ipw3945.ko
version=1.2.1dmpr
/sbin/ipw3945d
version: 1.7.22
Are these the modules from Debian or direct from Intel? I'm running
a similar configuration on a Sony Vaio laptop (a sad story in itself
but left for another time...).
However, I didn't see what version of the microcode was being used
(I've got 1.14.2) nor which version of the IEEE80211 code (1.2.17).
My experience has been that as long as I use the bits direct from
Intel (http://ipw3945.sf.net) for all of the above pieces, and build
my own kernel (2.6.21.1 right now), it all works quite well. Oh,
and as long as I keep the revisions in sync with the recommendations
made by Intel, all is well; I've had problems when I didn't.
The last time I looked at the Debian packages, they were older than
I wanted to use and hence I ended up getting the Intel code directly.
Your tolerance for kernel building may vary.
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Ciao,
al
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