Re: netbsd on lenovo T410s

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On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 06:34:37PM +0000, bch%methodlogic.net@localhost wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 04:36:14PM +0100, sake wrote:
> > schrieb bch%methodlogic.net@localhost:
> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:14:38PM +0200, sake wrote:
> >>> hello,
> >>>
> >>> I've installed netbsd 5.1 onto a Lenovo T410s. It seems to work fine
> >>> but the wifi card isn't found by the system.
> >>> The card is an Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 which (I think) is
> >>> supported by the iwn network driver which is already in the GENERIC
> >>> kernel. dmesg shows an entry for a network card "not configured"
> >>
> >> i did work/testing (w/ sverre) to get this running on -current about a
> >> year ago. It now works fine. if it's not avail. in 5.x you  ould move
> >> to -current,or request the changes be backported. Best of luck wbatever
> >> route you take!
> >>
> >>> So how do I get netbsd to configure the card an make it usable?
> >>>
> >>> thanks in advance
> >>> sake.
> >>>
> >>
> > hello,
> > I saw a similar thread "installing NetBSD/amd64-current on a ThinkPad  
> > X201" and was hoping that needed changes had found there way into 5.1.  
> > release. I found nothing else on the subject.
> >
> > So does it work with current out of the box or is a firmware (reverse  
> > engineered) needed?
> 
> We should double check we're talking about same chipset, but my t410
> has iwn support w/ -current. No patching required anymore.

for ref, this is mine (via pcictl):

003:00:0: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (miscellaneous network, revision 0x35)

> > thanks
> > Sake
> 
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