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

[swqlin]

Thank you guys! Hoping to see the final working driver in no time!

[nyukeit]

PROSet/Wireless 3945a/b/g OS X 10.5 IOEthernetController

PROSet/Wireless 3945a/b/g OS X 10.5 IO80211Controller

whts the difference?

[hypnotic]

I see some source code files related with iw4965 in these SVN Trees :

http://iwidarwin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...45-airport10.5/

and

http://iwidarwin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...45_new-osx10.5/

Could anyone explain what are they supposed to mean ?

[nyukeit]

I see some source code files related with iw4965 in these SVN Trees :

http://iwidarwin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...45-airport10.5/

and

http://iwidarwin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...45_new-osx10.5/

Could anyone explain what are they supposed to mean ?

They are supposed to mean WORK IN PROGRESS!!!


I saw comments regarding the 3945 ABG driver, and most people getting panics and happened with me too on my HP Pavilion DV2119TX. Anyways, problem repaired now using solutions above (Thanks a Lot!)

Not having a good camera to post the s-shots, but good luck to guyz working on this! and thanks a lot for the efforts being put in!

[jalavoui]

iwi3945 driver status

source code is available at
http://iwidarwin.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/...45_new-osx10.5/
this is the latest source code release
it's a IOEthernetController version - when the driver is stable we'll make a airport(IO80211Controller) version

anyone who like to develop this driver or the iwi4965 should look at this source files

iwi2200 driver status
working with wep support for mac os x 10.4 and 10.5
need more testing in 10.5

iwi2100
we don't have anyone with this card for help developing the driver

[mehdymehdy]

i read the source codes . i really wish i could do something . i don't know where to start . i wish i had some experience in this kind of programing. if there is a way to read about it to learn it'll be nice. i mean learn how to develop.

thanks a lot . i'm sure this driver will work soon.

[burndeep]

jalavoui
Sent pm.

[Wayfarer247]

I've been looking into these threads for a while, listening and looking around. It's good work here, and I am really glad Jalavoui & TNW (And others I am sure) are working hard on these drivers. There are a lot of us who would like to help, but know little about OS X and less about Drivers and the coding involved. I've been looking around, and I personally would like to see what still needs to be done, and what any of us can help with (besides testing obviously).

Basically, a Status report:
-How much money has been donated.
-How much more money you would like, and what you will use it for.
-What issues you are working on in which drivers.

And a Question: Jalavoui and TNW, are you only communicating through these forums?

[mehdymehdy]

cant' wait for the latest one to test. i hope this one has all the elements of a working driver . maybe when i test it it works .

i guess i'm dreaming.

[ZenWalker]

Hi


I was just wondering if it is not possible to write something like ndiswrapper for Mac OS X ? I am sure everybody knows about ndiswrapper here.

[Neew]

Hello!
Just wanted to say thank you! to all guys who keeps the work going with 3945 and all the other cards!

I got a 3945, and hope u will find a solution soon..

well thank you for all the time you put down!

[mehdymehdy]

i had the same question , if it's possible to make an ndiswrapper. i have the 3945 .and on ubuntu i install this ndiswrapper which is working not only for 3945 but many other cards . i wonder how that works . but it works great. so, since mac is unix based os . i'm not sure . but there could be away. anyways i'm just asking the developers , they might know something.

again i thank you guys for your work . i mean whatever you've done so far is amazing. it's a hard work. thanks a lot.

[y2s]

Hmm..... I have a very small question that is
I'm going to buy meself a new notebook{dell xps 1530m}
and I get the option of choosing between 3945 and 4965...
I'm confused which one should I choose ?
cab someone please help me....
thanks in advance

[.ZAWiR]

4965 coz it got wireless a/b/g and N support.

3945 only supports wireless a/b/g.

Since wireless-N is the next generation wireless standard, you should buy 4965.

[y2s]

4965 coz it got wireless a/b/g and N support.

3945 only supports wireless a/b/g.

Since wireless-N is the next generation wireless standard, you should buy 4965.

But is 4965 having any drivers for leopard ....I want it to be supported
in leapord....and from what i see 3945 has more support and more
stable drivers
im sorry fi the inconvinience but im really confused ....can some one please guide me
...thanks for upur quick response ZAWIR.....can u please explain wjat u mean to me

[yeye]

read the topic and you'll find alone if 3945 or 4965 has any driver (2previous pages will be enough to read...)

[jalavoui]

TNW, Symuc

i don't know if you already do this
we can deal with skb_set_mac_header(), skb_set_network_header() later
you'll need to add the function names to compatibility.h (skb.txt.zip)

static ieee80211_tx_handler ieee80211_tx_handlers[] =
{
ieee80211_tx_h_check_assoc,
ieee80211_tx_h_sequence,
ieee80211_tx_h_ps_buf,
ieee80211_tx_h_select_key,
ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add,
ieee80211_tx_h_fragment,
ieee80211_tx_h_tkip_encrypt,
ieee80211_tx_h_ccmp_encrypt,
ieee80211_tx_h_wep_encrypt,
ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl,
ieee80211_tx_h_misc,
ieee80211_tx_h_load_stats,
NULL
};
my guess is to make all functions return and write code for
ieee80211_tx_h_check_assoc, ieee80211_tx_h_sequence, ieee80211_tx_h_ps_buf, ieee80211_tx_h_fragment, ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl, ieee80211_tx_h_misc

this can be ignored (for now): skb->protocol

netif_rx(skb); rx the packet: fNetif->inputPacket(skb,mbuf_len(skb));

dev_queue_xmit(skb2); tx the packet: outputPacket(skb2,0);

the "jiffies" timer and functions can be found in iwi2200.h

chech the time values for all queue_delayed_work() calls - they might be wrong

check ieee80211_register_hw(). some code is missing. this is important to make the driver work!

in sta_info_start(). looks like the stations work in a sort of "thread way". this can give lots of bugs

after the code for rx/tx is written the driver will start working.
some bugs will come up but i'll need to see the logs

Attached File(s)

 skb.txt.zip ( 677bytes ) Number of downloads: 10

 

[TNW]

I'll commit my current version in 2 minutes. Therre are lot of FIXME and it needs a very BIG clean

[jalavoui]

i'm looking at last svn version...

ok - lot's of things to fix

if you're not using iwi3945.cpp - i'd like to add some code
the hard work is at compatibility.cpp - better start from ieee80211_alloc_hw()

done rel 629
changed files:
- iwi3945.cpp
- iwi3945.h

you need to compile this. check if createWorkLoop() works

i got this wrong - should be like this:

static inline void skb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, signed int offset)
{
//cut from the end of mbuf
if (offset>0)
mbuf_adj(skb->mac_data, offset);
else
mbuf_adj(skb->mac_data, -offset);
}

[TNW]

i'm looking at last svn version...

ok - lot's of things to fix

if you're not using iwi3945.cpp - i'd like to add some code
the hard work is at compatibility.cpp - better start from ieee80211_alloc_hw()

done rel 629
changed files:
- iwi3945.cpp
- iwi3945.h

you need to compile this. check if createWorkLoop() works

i got this wrong - should be like this:

static inline void skb_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, signed int offset)
{
//cut from the end of mbuf
if (offset>0)
mbuf_adj(skb->mac_data, offset);
else
mbuf_adj(skb->mac_data, -offset);
}

IOOutputQueue doesn't seens have a member function getState and IOEthernetController haven't got a getNetworkInterface function.
[edit] it's corrected

OutputQueue seems to be good :

Someone called createOutputQueue()
darwin_iwi3945::configureInterface()
darwin_iwi3945: Ethernet address 00:13:02:15:d8:12
darwin_iwi3945::enable()
ifconfig going up
outputPacket called by someone
outputPaccket2 called
tx pkt with net down