D. Eckert wrote: > 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. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
We are developing a new version of iwk. A new iwk driver will be integrated to OpenSolaris when the legal issue is solved or later. Thanks, Zhonghui
