ok -updated the dmgs
to download goto
http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/
and download from svn latest

iwi3945 rel 1141
iwi4965 rel 1142
kp expected for both drivers

this thread is a bit dead lately
wake up and go test the drivers

Here's restart logs for 1137 (self-compile) and 1141 (install from dmg)

Manually kextload and scan cause immediate panic and I can't see them in logs.
Restart hangs too with these provided logs.

Did I do anything wrong?

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I got a KP, well sorta here it is:

i can't see the lines before the kp

I'm in the middle of testing the latest 3945. loads fine and stuff so far. rebooted without panic or anything. though it doesn't seem like it is turning on and NetworkSelector won't load automatically. Scan doesn't seem to do anything either. perhaps it's cause the card is set up as en4. I'm sure i read somewhere that it need to be set up as another device #. if you have an answer post under Devoid's instruction thread so we don't clutter this one.

asstastic,
try to delete all iwi interfaces from sys prefs
reboot
reinstall - after this os x is expected to pop up a message with a new interface
pressing apply might give a kp
reboot
maybe the driver creates other interfaces in sys prefs - can you check?

iwi3945/4965
if you don't get a kp post system.log
if the logs have timeouts try some reboots
and
leave networkselector alone

en0 is the broadcom LAN I'm using to get online
en1 is a belikn wireless usb card
en2 & en3 are vmware virtual lan drivers

en1-3 are only present in sysprefs when vmware is running/the belkin card is plugged in. should I remove these and how would I do it?

Here are my logs so far:
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hope they are usefull

1142 log with manually kextload, no network selector, no KP.
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Ok so I reboot and iwi starts spewing out text all over the screen. I hit the HW switch and it crashes a bit later without the usual KP screen, just freezes in the middle of printing text to the screen. I reboot and get a KP this time. Reboot again and this time it looks like everything loads fine only my graphics card driver is giving me problems so I can't see the desktop. I try rebooting a few more times and still have graphics problems. I reboot again and this time turn on the HW switch, iwi text starts scrolling again like crazy, looks like it's running in an infinite loop. I go away for a bit and come back and desktop has loaded. I check the console and iwi is still scanning or at least attempting to scan. I hit the HW switch off and scanning stops cept for the occasional temp message and sta_info_cleanup.

Here's the log, can't do much to cut it down to size cause of all the output on the scan loop.
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all iwi3945 logs have timeout errors - can't use it
anyone with a 4965 log?

Here's my syslog from two consecutive boots. No KP.

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...

iwi4965... kp when switch is off

Hi all again.
iwi3945 rel 1141
I have catch a Kp and a reboot log without timeouts.

The kp was on:
ieee80211_sta_tx @ /users/pere/iwi3945/compatibility.cpp: 2476

Related to:

{
struct rate_control_ops *ops;
IM_HERE_NOW();
ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(name);
if (!ops) {
//request_module("rc80211_%s", name ? name : "default");
rate_control_simple_init();
ops = ieee80211_try_rate_control_ops_get(name);
}

Attached my reboot log. At least no timeouts.

Have catched a hang after a few seconds with manually kextload.
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jalavoui,

anything we can do to get you some workable 3945 logs?

Привет, москвич :-)
C картинкой поздравить лишь могу Та же хрень была, так что в безопасном режиме зашел и удалил драйвер wi-fi после чего в обычном режиме загрузка пошла снова.

Caught 1 panic when reboot!

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SpiderRMF - would you please speak English, а то не всем понятно. Если хочешь - пиши по-английски, ниже по-русски. А то придет модер и потрет все нах, был уже прецедент

Sorry, guys, I was too busy all these days (had a great deal of work to do), but I'll be back soon

Well KP with install off latest iw....Got it up again.. using the -x on boot - then delete the the kext I just installed...Then boot normal again -- thank god ! See file..Seems to be the wrong file I did upload.Take a look at this instead, sorry...

fixed some bugs
post kp pictures
try to use networkselector to start a scan if 1st scan fails

iwi3945 rel 1143
iwi4965 rel 1144

the drivers don't work with timeouts - reboot until you get rid of them

i have KP when send OS to reboot. - http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img5994zr5.jpg

but when the system is loaded, no panic - http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img5987cc6.jpg

i have found several things to do in code
without the card i can't finish it
donwload the dmg from http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/

iwi3945 rel 1145
iwi4965 rel 1146

there's no need to post logs - this is my last version
thanks everyone for helping

here are my logs, just in case if you change mind or if you can get a card

i think there are no timeouts.
i can turn on card, and it is trying to scan,
no kp, but don't now if the scan is good

Why don't we donate to jalavoui, so that he can buy the cards?? Or don't you have a laptop with miniPCIE slot jalavoui?

It's been told hundreds times: jalavoui works on a legit G4 which doesn't support mini-pcie cards.

i plan to keep this project alive
of course if you can make donations i'll have the hardware i need
i guess i can finish the drivers in 2 days if i have the hardware
for making donations check http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/

devoid,

i think the tutorial can be made simple if instead of manual install the extension the user can build the dmg and use the mac os installer
this is a old question and i know some of you have try to fix it
here's my solution for os x 10.5 and xcode 3.0 in building .dmg
maybe the tutorial can be changed so other developers use this build method
i think it makes much easier to install drivers, etc

here's the draft

i also think it's a good idea to add Hagar's comment on 1st post to the tutorial

you can get packagemaker 2.1.1 from
http://rapidshare.com/files/118592725/PackageMaker.zip
might need permissions fix to work

hey, I know some C++ but have no experience in writing drivers.
I have the 3945abg in my 10.5.2 hackintosh laptop.

If either jalavoui or TNW is willing to give me some pointers or help i'd be more than glad to help by coding for the drivers.

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.

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

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

@eenMadcat:

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

@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?

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.

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)

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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

iwi4965 - 1148
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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?

iwi3945 rel 1147

No timeout when restart but produces Bad CRC

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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

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