From: "Ed Durrant" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Message-ID: <45D2A609.5000306@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:02:49 +1100
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: Intel 3945 support in GenMAC
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madodel wrote:
> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>> On 02/12/07 03:04 pm, Ed Durrant thus wrote :
>>> Neil Waldhauer wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:13:59 -0500, "Lewis G Rosenthal"
>>>> <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>> I would like to hear from those folks on this list who have 
>>>>> machines with the above mini PCI Express adapter from Intel as to 
>>>>> the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>     * Your PCI ID string
>>>>>     * What success you have had thusfar with GenMAC
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, as a follow-up to the rest of the list, I'm interested in 
>>>>> hearing who is considering a planned notebook upgrade this year, 
>>>>> and whether you have considered the Wi-Fi hardware at this point.
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> Considering upgrading to a Thinkpad T42.
>>>>
>>>> I've been considering making a short app to do a kind-of OS/2 eCS 
>>>> benchmark for
>>>> support. People say a machine works great, and then I find it 
>>>> barely works --
>>>> no network, disks on Int13 support, no sound, no usb, etc, etc. 
>>>> Better if they
>>>> could run my app and automatically see results on a website. (oops, 
>>>> only if
>>>> they have network running)
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>>   
>>>
>>> My (Works) T42 came with the Intel 2200BG card, not the 3945 - so 
>>> support for the 2200BG card works for me - at least at version 1.6 
>>> and on eCS 1.2 and 2.0B3 - see my article in the current VOICE 
>>> newsletter about Intel 2200BG install on my home laptop, a T30. I 
>>> have been unable to get the latest version of Genmac that is 
>>> included in eCS 2.0 Beta3 and 3a to work on my T30 (I added a 
>>> Toshiba Intel 2200BG card to the T30).
>>>
>>> I know the T43 came with the 3945ABG card.
>>>
>> Thanks, Ed. Actually, the T43 came with an intel 2915 tri-mode card, 
>> which is still mini-PCI. The T60 (as carl has pointed out) shps with 
>> the 3945, and it really was for him that I started this thread (and 
>> he has nicely chimed in!). :-)
>>
>> Interesting that the latest GenMAC seems to have possibly broken the 
>> 2200BG support. Anyone else see this? I'm curious to know the actual 
>> PCI ID string in your 2200BG. I think Stan mentioned to me that not 
>> all 2200's were created equal (or he was concerned that that was the 
>> case).
>>
>> BTW, you didn't get that stupid 1802 error on the T30 at bootup, did 
>> you?
>>
>
> My T42p has a  2200bg (IBM version) which I bought off eBay to replace 
> the original 2100b and works fine with the Genmac 2.0 and XWLAN 3.00 
> so long as I turn off Speedstep in the BIOS as suggested by Ed.
>
> PCI.exe shows:
>
>  Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
>  Device 4220h PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
>  Command 0116h (Memory Access, BusMaster, MemWrite+Invalidate, System 
> Errors)
>  Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., 
> Medium Timing)
>  Revision 05h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 40h
>  Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
>  Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)
>  PCI Class Network, type Other
>  Subsystem ID 27118086h PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
>  Subsystem Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
>  Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4GiB) : C0214000h
>  System IRQ 5, INT# A
>  New Capabilities List Present:
>    Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
>      Does not support low power State D1 or D2
>      Supports PME# from mode(s) D0, D3hot, D3cold
>      Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
>       1900 mW D0 power consume
>       1900 mW D1 power consume
>       1900 mW D2 power consume
>        100 mW D3 power consume
>       1900 mW D0 power dissipate
>       1900 mW D1 power dissipate
>       1900 mW D2 power dissipate
>        100 mW D3 power dissipate
>          0 mW common logic power consume
>
>
The issues I am having are with Genmac 3.0 and eCS 2.0B3 rather than 
Genmac itself !  Something changed in the base image when Genmac support 
was included and I haven't managed to get things back right yet.

Cheers/2

Ed.