Sync iprowifi3945 WLAN driver from FreeBSD 11.1

[cocobean]

Sync iprowifi3945 WLAN driver from FreeBSD 11.1

[waddlesplash]

Um, what? No it isn't.

[cocobean]

Confirmed that it says FreeBSD 9.3 in GIT. Thanks.

[cocobean]

FreeBSD 11.1 wpi driver original source (Latest commit e72339b on Apr 30, 2016)

[waddlesplash]

Uploading zips of unmodified source code is not useful, we know where to find it, thanks.

[cocobean]

I'm porting the code to test on my own physical hardware as the current port is problematic on it.

[waddlesplash]

Well, it won't work; it needs the new net80211 code as well as a bunch of other patches to the compatibility layer that are not in master. I have a WIP branch with most of them, however the iprowifi4965 driver that I've been trying to test them with KDLs after connecting to an AP.

[waddlesplash]

The new net80211 code and the updated iprowifi4965 driver was merged in hrev52040. If you can tell me what device ID you have and what architecture you are on, I can merge and then get a test build of the new iprowifi3945 driver for you.

[cocobean]

" device Network controller [2|80|0]

vendor 8086: Intel Corporation device 4222: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection"

Platform: x86_64, Intel Core i5, Northbridge Intel i945PM 03 Southbridge Intel 82801GHM (ICH7-M/U) A1

*-network
                description: Wireless interface
                product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
                vendor: Intel Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
                logical name: wlp6s0
                version: 02
                serial: 00:18:de:2c:39:8f
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=4.8.0-53-generic firmware=15.32.2.9 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:30 memory:40800000-40800fff

[waddlesplash]

11.1 iprowifi3945 driver for x86_gcc2

[waddlesplash]

Attached. SHA256sum should be 0e568836735579981fa36a21bf01691daf033c3e2da5b90e06528dafb4dc4003. I'm about to post testing instructions on the forum, so please look at that (or ask me on IRC.)

[cocobean]

syslog of iprowifi3945 Wifi outpu #1

[cocobean]

NOTE: need to fix install-wifi-firmware.sh for correct website and any missing firmware files.

Seems it didn't load the firmware or lock memory properly - but I can disable/enable the driver without getting a KDL event and make attempts to join network without wpa_supplicant crashing (main issue with previous one). I need to do this from a test dev Live CD state to really track/test the exact same way (for a true clean test).

[waddlesplash]

It looks like the driver was already loaded, which may be part of the problem. Please remove it, reboot, and then copy the new one into non-packaged. (See complete instructions at ​https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/wi-fi-ethernet-testers-wanted/6998/2.)

[waddlesplash]

Merged the new driver in hrev52043.