Hi @all :-)

The meaning of "Google is your best friend" seems to be true....

The iwk driver in the version 5.11.79-1 I could find today as a dep-package 
right here:

http://archive.nexenta.org/elatte-testing/net/sunwiwk

After downloading it a few hours later, the link was removed - no worries at 
all - I got it, just
drop me a message via Yahoo AIM to: e605_germany

However, it's indeed a tricky way, to get it running, please read my steps:

System: Lenovo ThinkPad T61 with Sun Solaris Express 09/07

1.) mkdir iwk
2.) cd iwk
3.) Downloading sunwiwk_5.11.79-1_solaris-i386.deb to iwk/
4.) unpack the dep-package with: ar -x sunwiwk_5.11.79-1_solaris-i386.deb 
5.) tar -xzvf data.tar.gz
6.) tar -xzvf control.tar.gz
7.) copy the module: cp kernel/drv/amd64/iwk /kernel/drv/amd64
8.) make a reboot with: init 6
9.) add the driver: add_drv iwk
10.) the output of 'modinfo' responses as shown below:

Output of modinfo:
------------------------------------------
197 fffffffff8467000  35698  62   1  iwk (Intel(R) 4965AGN driver(N))

So you can assume, that the module was loaded correct and works for your 
platform.

The devfsadm command fails, because it's unable to determine the correct 
hardware link from /devices.

To get these information, we must run:

11.) /usr/X11/bin/scanpci

Output of scanpci:
------------------------------------------
pci bus 0x0003 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x8086 device 0x4230
 Intel Corporation  Device unknown

12.) I modified the driver with these values: 
 update_drv -a -i '"pci8086,4230"' iwk

13.) after this, I run: devfsadm -i iwk
and the dev-links in /devices and /dev where created.

now you can plumb the device and use wificonfig.

Please note: to get iwk0 configured with inetmenu, you just need to add a line 
with 'iwk' to:
/etc/inetmenu/WIRELESS-INTERFACES so that the iwk0 device appears in the 
inetmenu device-list while configuring it.

Last but not least: It seams, there's no WPA support inside this driver 
version. I was able to connect to a WPA-secured net using:

dladm connect-wifi -e <MY_SSID> -k <MY_SECRET_WPA_KEY> iwk0

but the interfaces links down and up, down and up, while tryin' to assign an 
IP-Address via DHCP.

Even to assign a static IP will fail to send packages. Seems we have to wait, 
until this driver comes back to OpenSolaris after they could sort out the legal 
issues.

I hope this is of use of you.

Kind Regards,
Dave.
 
 
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