Intel and SUN have been collaborating on the development of the 4965 driver. Support for N should be available couple of months from now. Also, we will make sure that A is supported before we put out the phase 1 of the driver on OpenSolaris.
Thanks, -Geeta >-----Original Message----- >From: laptop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:laptop-discuss- >bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of James Cornell >Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 8:14 AM >To: brian.xu >Cc: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] WIFI 4965AGN > >brian.xu wrote: >> I am the author of the 4965 driver, the following is the heads-up I >> can give now: >> >> The Phase-I prototype of the 4965 driver is ready and the only thing >> need to do before the driver can be posted on opensolaris is the legal >> review. Now we are in the process of legal review, so I think the >> driver will be available soon. >> >> For the phase-I prototype, only B/G is supported. For N, it was planed >> to be supported in phase-II. For A, I think it should be supported in >> phase-I. Since I have no 802.11a AP, so I am not sure whether A is >> supported in phase-I. Even A didn't work, I think not so much effort >> is needed to make A work. >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> James Cornell wrote: >>> I heard that IWL 4965 is supported as B/G on OpenSolaris. There's >>> no news on future N support, it's not as much of a priority as B/G. >>> I myself use N with WPA2, and have Atheros hardware with N support, >>> but again, N isn't supported with any card on OpenSolaris, so I >>> have setup a dual mode AP with support for G by having it run n the >>> 2.4GHz spectrum. For my older 802.11B equipment, it won't work in >>> an N environment, the signals clash and association cannot be >>> done. Wireless support varies widely, and the driver teams have >>> priorities on certain cards over others, with Intel at the top, >>> followed by Atheros, then by NDIS, etc. My Atheros card supports >>> A/B/G/N, and has barely partial support in OpenSolaris it's so new. >>> (5400 series) You should see Intel N before Atheros even though >>> Atheros in the market has sold draft-N hardware a little longer. >>> See wireless routers with N for proof, almost all of them use >>> Atheros. Something along the line of Super-G but N features, such >>> as D-Link DI-624 which works best with Atheros clients as they can >>> use the acceleration. Performance with draft-N Belkin cards versus >>> Atheros is not so good, and there's not many other vendors besides >>> Intel in the N game right now. This is probably a good thing >>> though. As for A, it's a different spectrum, as N can be as well, >>> this is even less a priority than A as N mops the floor with A in >>> speed and range, while retaining compatibility when needed. >>> >>> James >>> On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Jason Thomas wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> Is there any further news on adding wifi support for Intel 4965AGN >>>> chipsets? timelines etc.. >>>> >>>> Much thanks. >>>> >>>> rgds, >>>> J >>>> >>>> >>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >> >Must had been mistaken, although the one I heard about had N, so it's >probably the 4965, I just jumped the gun and opened my mouth about the >driver being finished. As I knew, only B/G is supported. As for A, I >think one needs to consider how pervasive and advantageous N is over A, >although you have an A AP. As long as it's not more than another 6mo, >it's fine if it remains phase II, I can understand there is technical >implications to adding support for it. Thanks for the heads up. > >James >_______________________________________________ >laptop-discuss mailing list >laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
