Intel Wireless 2100, 2200bg, 2915bg, 3945abg, 4965agn, IWIDarwin drivers for mac os x 10.4 and 10.5 *under development* Options

[eenMadcat]

Hi guys, this driver is much better the last time i tried!
does everybody else also get a driver timeout with the 4965AGN driver? rebooting over and over again doesn't help nor do i get a network scan result. (i attached my logging)
May 31 18:12:24 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_send_cmd_sync Wait REPLY_TX_PWR_TABLE_CMD Condition: 0ms left
May 31 18:12:24 Laptop kernel[0]: error iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_TX_PWR_TABLE_CMD: time out after 500ms

I do have C/C++/C#/Java/etc experience and have written some drivers for windows; but never written a macdriver or programed in Cocoa, i could help out if jalavoui doesn't have the time. Furthermore i would love to donate some cash but i don't have a paypal account, if you live in europe i could transfer some cash by bank.

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[Hagar]

Thread cleaned - again. Please stay on topic, That means driver development & nothing else.

[eenMadcat]

This looks intresting:
Jun 1 23:42:43 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 55, i = 54, REPLY_4965_RX, 0xc3
Jun 1 23:42:43 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_reply_rx Bad CRC or FIFO: 0x80000002.
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 56, i = 55, REPLY_4965_RX, 0xc3
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_calc_rssi Rssi In A 19 B 23 C 12 Max 23 AGC dB 49
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_report_frame Beacon: 0x0080, dst=0xff, src=0x84, rssi=0, tim=4261573192 usec, phy=0x22a7, chnl=864
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_reply_rx Rssi -70, noise -127, qual 62, TSF 34448040
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_rx_irqsafe @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1899
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_tasklet_handler @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1856
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: __ieee80211_rx @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1680
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: sta_info_get @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1459
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: __ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1035
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_rx_h_parse_qos @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:4639
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_rx_h_load_stats @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:4646
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_get_bssid @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1082
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: bssid=00:16:cb:be:22:84 stabssid=00:00:00:00:00:00
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_bssid_match @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1414
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: bssid=00:16:cb:be:22:84 stabssid=00:00:00:00:00:00
Jun 1 23:42:44 Laptop kernel[0]: ieee80211_bssid_match @ /Users/mr/svn/trunk/iwi4965-osx10.5/compatibility.cpp:1414
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 57, i = 56, REPLY_4965_RX, 0xc3
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_reply_rx Bad CRC or FIFO: 0x80000002.
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 58, i = 57, REPLY_4965_RX, 0xc3
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_reply_rx Bad CRC or FIFO: 0x80000002.
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 59, i = 58, REPLY_4965_RX, 0xc3
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_calc_rssi Rssi In A 22 B 21 C 19 Max 22 AGC dB 58
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_report_frame Beacon: 0x0080, dst=0xff, src=0x6e, rssi=0, tim=4261573192 usec, phy=0x2723, chnl=1448
Jun 1 23:42:45 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_reply_rx Rssi -80, noise -127, qual 48, TSF 36092172

why does it give a Bad CRC ?

btw, is there a subversion client for osx 10.5 ? i can't get snvX working

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[kazzi]

@eenMadcat:

You can use Terminal (svn command) for basic checkin, checkout, update etc. actions.

[eenMadcat]

@Jalavoui

I have a working enviroment (svnx + xcode 3.0 on a 10.5.3 intel iMac) right now, i have the latest source (4965), am able to build it and deploy it on my hackintosh (10.5.2 leo4allv2 on a lenovo T61)
Where do you think the focus point should be?
Which parts are you unable to test/create/figure out?
In the debug logging i see that the driver sees which accesspoints are available (see issue 68), is it beneficial to let these accesspoint show up in the networktool so more actions can be preformed on it like assosiating with it, or is it just a stub and therefor is not that importent?
What about Wep and WPA, is this handled by OSX or by the driver?

[ubermensch]

I have a laptop with an intel 3945 card. I'm willing to help out with the project, but I'm in the same boat as eenMadcat. Coming into it this late with a bunch of sparsely commented code is a little tough, and I'm not sure exactly what there is that still needs to be done. If Javaloui could provide a little documentation that describes bugs/todo lists/specs/etc, it could help keep this project going, at least until he is able to get the hardware himself.

[glitchbit]

I have been following this thread closely and have been putting up with a buggy usb wireless device and got $15 ripped off from me because I thought someone had fixed the driver I needed to make my usb wireless device more stable... wow was I ever wrong, made things worse and didn't even get my money back.

At any rate I have freely donated $250 to someone in the forums, but I did it only after he gave me the code and fortunately for me it worked, otherwise I'd have bricked my laptop. At this rate it is cheaper for me to go to ebay and spend my next $50 getting a wireless adapter that already works...

Wish everyone luck, and yea I will have an extra card laying around now, maybe I will just put it on ebay.

Also if I have been reading things right they make mini-pci-e adatpers to desktop pci-e..... so yea there is really no excuse not to just send this coder the stuff he needs (not that he does not deserve a laptop, but this is a hobbyist site for people who do this stuff out of enjoyment not beneficiary gains)

[eenMadcat]

I have a laptop with an intel 3945 card. I'm willing to help out with the project, but I'm in the same boat as eenMadcat. Coming into it this late with a bunch of sparsely commented code is a little tough, and I'm not sure exactly what there is that still needs to be done. If Javaloui could provide a little documentation that describes bugs/todo lists/specs/etc, it could help keep this project going, at least until he is able to get the hardware himself.

What i do when i look at new code, is adding lots of comments, to see which path is taken.
At this moment not all commands are implemented (as far as i can see), there are some bugs/todo's documented in the comments.

i'm figuring out if it's possable to get a list of available accesspoints in your area. i do see some scan results when it is booted, but when i hit scan in the networkSelect tool it only gives "scan_results_notif" and not the "scan_complete_notif"

@Jalavoui

i see this in the logging:
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 135, i = 134, SCAN_START_NOTIFICATION, 0x82
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_start_notif Scan start: 112 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:0127FD27) - 1 (beacon timer 792781529)
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 138, i = 135, SCAN_RESULTS_NOTIFICATION, 0x83
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_results_notif Scan ch.res: 112 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:0129B551) - 0 elapsed=112682 usec (100ms since last)
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 138, i = 136, STATISTICS_NOTIFICATION, 0x9d
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: 80 vs 484).
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 159, i = 158, SCAN_COMPLETE_NOTIFICATION, 0x84
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_complete_notif Scan complete: 19 channels (TSF 0x0135C9BF:00000000) - 1
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_complete_notif Scan pass on 5.2GHz took 13540ms
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_complete_notif Setting scan to off
Jun 4 00:32:49 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_complete_notif Scan took 18280ms

Does that mean that the scan is only done in the 5.2Ghz spectrum or also in the 2.4Ghz ?
For my test setup i have an MacMini (with only G and no encryption) does that mean that this will not be found?

when i start the networkSelect tool i get no scan_complete:
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_results_notif Scan ch.res: 40 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:02A032E2) - 0 elapsed=5293 usec (-20ms since last)
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 56, i = 54, STATISTICS_NOTIFICATION, 0x9d
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_hw_rx_statistics Statistics notification received (480 vs 484).
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 56, i = 55, SCAN_START_NOTIFICATION, 0x82
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_start_notif Scan start: 44 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:02A03445) - 1 (beacon timer 1803631547)
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 59, i = 56, SCAN_RESULTS_NOTIFICATION, 0x83
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_results_notif Scan ch.res: 44 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:02A048F2) - 0 elapsed=5293 usec (10ms since last)
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 59, i = 57, STATISTICS_NOTIFICATION, 0x9d
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_hw_rx_statistics Statistics notification received (480 vs 484).
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 59, i = 58, SCAN_START_NOTIFICATION, 0x82
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_start_notif Scan start: 48 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:02A04A55) - 1 (beacon timer 1803625899)
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 62, i = 59, SCAN_RESULTS_NOTIFICATION, 0x83
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_scan_results_notif Scan ch.res: 48 [802.11a] (TSF: 0x00000000:02A05F02) - 0 elapsed=5293 usec (-20ms since last)
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 62, i = 60, STATISTICS_NOTIFICATION, 0x9d
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_hw_rx_statistics Statistics notification received (480 vs 484).
Jun 4 00:33:34 Laptop kernel[0]: iwl4965: U iwl4965_rx_handle r = 62, i = 61, SCAN_START_NOTIFICATION, 0x82

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[ubermensch]

What i do when i look at new code, is adding lots of comments, to see which path is taken.
At this moment not all commands are implemented (as far as i can see), there are some bugs/todo's documented in the comments.

After looking through the code a bit more and reading some of the (really well written and useful) documentation for I/O Kit at apple's dev site, I'm convinced that I could help keep this project moving along. I'll have to do a bit more reading of the I/O Kit docs (a few of the pdfs are almost 200 pages long,) but I'm definitely willing to sign on as a dev for the 3945 driver.

[junior]

Hi all,

Just started to help a bit by posting my log's..;

I hope it helps and i hope its good (I'm new at these things)

This is for iwi 3945 (svn latest) (1145)

Grtz, Junior

Good luck, and thanx to all who are helping!

Double-Clicked at networkselector, but nothing happens in logs when I chose option 2 (start scanning)...
Is it normal?

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[jalavoui]

iwi3945/4965

anyone who like develop the driver just post new releases here so others can test
follow news in http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/
thanks for helping

[eenMadcat]

yes, I am also hoping for any pointers or input from either jalavoui or TNW.

edit: how about an IRC channel for iwidarwin somewhere?

Which timezone are you in?
i'm in GTM+1 and if i have time spending on coding it would be sundays.

[cookejarr]

Which timezone are you in?
i'm in GTM+1 and if i have time spending on coding it would be sundays.

i'm in gmt+2 (gmt+3 for the summer however) so no big difference in the timezone.

[jalavoui]

i better write new code instead of reading all this

iwi3945 rel 1147
iwi4965 rel 1148

get the dmg from http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/
if the driver loads and get no timeouts
use networkselector to start a scan
else try some reboots to get rid of timeout errors
post long enought logs so i can check the code

[NoSTaBoNN]

iwi4965 - 1148
 iwi4965___1148.txt ( 278.78K ) Number of downloads: 37

[eenMadcat]

J post all of the releases on iwidarwin, so others can test/develop...
The reason why there are so few who are coding right now, is because we can't code it..
When you can, Feel free and let yourself go

well some of us can, but code without documentation or at least guidelines; is like a book with all pages ripped out of it and the page nummering removed.
it's a small effort for him to say what part is working and which is not, now we have to check the SVN logs to make any sence of what part he is working on now.
The driver could be finisched sooner this way, with only a little effort extra.

*Madcat makes a summary of the questions*
- are you only scanning the wifi-a range or also b/g and n? (in the netherlands almost everybody uses the b/g-range, some inc me uses the n-range)
- in the logging i see bad CRC, is this a very bad thing, or is it normal that these things sometimes happen?
- when you initate a scan with the tool, there is no scan_complete_notif in the logging, while these are sometimes generated on startup
- is it possable to print the found accesspoints in the scan_complete or does that need a bit more of work?
- which part are you working on
- what are the overall focus points?

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[thomaske]

iwi3945 rel 1147

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[kazzi]

No timeout when restart but produces Bad CRC

 system.log.zip ( 14.48K ) Number of downloads: 4

[jalavoui]

try this - got wrong in last release
iwi3945 rel 1149
iwi4965 rel 1150

before asking/give wrong feedback
see 1st post and linux logs

*Madcat makes a summary of the questions*
- are you only scanning the wifi-a range or also b/g and n? (in the netherlands almost everybody uses the b/g-range, some inc me uses the n-range)
i don't know - might be a bug
- in the logging i see bad CRC, is this a very bad thing, or is it normal that these things sometimes happen?
not important
- when you initate a scan with the tool, there is no scan_complete_notif in the logging, while these are sometimes generated on startup
this is a bug
- is it possable to print the found accesspoints in the scan_complete or does that need a bit more of work?
trying to do this in this release
- which part are you working on
- what are the overall focus points?
i'm only guessing code - can't do much without the card

[NoSTaBoNN]

iwi4965 - 1150
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bssid=00:1b:11:e7:13:f7 stabssid=00:00:00:00:00:00 ('<hidden>')
As far as i know the bssid does not exist out here :s