Of course 4965 will have a driver, but after 3945. I will ask for 4965 testers when the work begins. "ni|" from Voodoo Labs who has written SDHCI driver, is going to be helping with it.
lastowl
· 4 months ago
email sent :)
Gilthy Bilford
· 4 months ago
The same thing of jalavoui... 3945 mac driver is fiction... Give up!
mercurysquad
· 4 months ago
Hey, want to make a bet on it?
PChang
· 4 months ago
dude, there are hundreds of people out here hanging on the success of this project. your negative comments are not welcome here.
Mike
· 4 months ago
Agreed with PChang, Bilford please try to act mature.
oldnapalm
· 4 months ago
email sent
Edshome
· 4 months ago
@mercurysquad contact me @ e d s h o m e *at* g m x *dot* n e t if you need some miniPCI 3945 cards - can send them to you
cyclonefr
· 4 months ago
where is the final version of 200bg then?
edvahass
· 4 months ago
Read the article - It wont be out until it is tested.
Can i ask what you had too learn too port driver too OSX? :) and 1 more thing thanks for everything :)
foo
· 4 months ago
Had a question - will this driver load properly if the kext is located in an EFI partition (/Extra/Extensions/VoodooWireless.kext) as opposed to /System/Library/Extensions/VoodooWireless.kext?
Asking because I'm trying to keep my custom kexts completely separate from my vanilla install of Mac OS X. I've tried on other occasions to locate kexts here, and some of them load, and some of them don't (they give "can't determine dependencies for xyz.kext" errors). Don't know why that happens, but when I put them back in /System/Library/Extensions (and rebuild kext caches, etc) they work fine.
Thanks for your hard work!
lastowl
· 4 months ago
the ones which tend to have problems is the one which are over writing original kexts loaded this isnt it's completely new so it should work on a efi partition or even /extra/ folder also the bootloader effects which kexts will load ect
foo
· 4 months ago
Yeah, it makes sense that the ones that don't work in this way are trying to override existing kexts (or parts of kexts) in /S/L/E. However I could have sworn that a few brand new kexts sometimes didn't work, but it could have been my imagination. I think not knowing how the OS loads kexts or how the bootloader works, it's just seemed like voodoo before (pardon the pun).
I think Chameleon (which I'm running) should have better support for overriding the same named kexts in /S/L/E, but that's a topic for another time and forum.
mercurysquad
· 4 months ago
Two points.
1. There is no problem installing these drivers directly in /S/L/E. Since it's a 3rd party kext, no OS X update will mess with it. There is no need to install these (or any 3rd party kext which does not overwrite an Apple-supplied driver) in the EFI partition.
2. Chameleon already supports override kexts 100%. The reason some of them fail to load is OS X itself -- most of these kexts depend on other kexts, for example the IOFramework kexts depend on IOPCIFamily, ACPIPlatform and IOGraphics kexts. So you must put all dependencies in /Extra. Even then it's a bit of a gamble as these kexts are loaded too early and might not have some other resources ready yet.
That said, I have not tested loading project:camphor drivers from EFI partition, nor will it be supported because such is not required for its working.
Joe
· 4 months ago
Bring home the bacon, broseph. I be needin this.
tocha
· 4 months ago
Hey dude.. Thanks for your work and sorry for my bad english. i have 1 question. i've a 2200bg wifi card, and work with your v5 kext, but after some time the airport turn-off (always). I turn on it and after some time ( 4-5 minuts) it automaticly turn-off? What can i do?
Jimmy
· 4 months ago
Hi mercurysquad, you know when will be ready the 2200bg driver with wpa encryption? really thanks for your work, you are very appreciated :) Thanks :)
lastowl
· 4 months ago
look at what he said 'Port over the existing 2200BG driver to VoodooWireless and make sure no bugs remain in it. Now I know people will be up in arms about this, but there is no other way to test that the VoodooWireless code actually works. This might take a day or two.' and it may be done then or later with the 3945 as it should be a generic thing with them all
Martin
· 4 months ago
I pray that 3945 will work.....
alex0n
· 4 months ago
waiting for 3945ABG ... great project, man!
macosx86
· 4 months ago
Hi !!
Good job !!!
I would like to know if you're developping the 4965 drivers too or not ?
Because that's many users want, before the 3945.
Tanks for your job, and i'm waiting a solution for my intel 4965 AGN.
I could be a tester if you want !
James
· 4 months ago
No way man, i got 3945 and thats what i want... And from the posts here it seems that many others also want the 3945
Subby
· 4 months ago
Well my Toshiba Equium A100 laptop is now bios dead :( but i still feel my donation went to a good cause!! good luck with testing! (i can send you my 3945 from my laptop if you want? (my email was used to post this message, or leave your email here & i can contact you ;) )
all the best
:D
foo
· 4 months ago
Mac OS X 10.5.8 was just released, and one of the changes is: "Improves compatibility and reliability for joining AirPort networks."... Just wanted to make sure you were aware of this (any API changes, etc) so your drivers will still work in 10.5.8.
mercurysquad
· 4 months ago
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm updating to 10.5.8 right now. Hopefully it has only bugfixes and no API changes.
mercurysquad
· 4 months ago
UPDATE: Ok I'm on 10.5.8 now and am typing this while connected through existing project:camphor beta driver v05. So obviously everything's peachy.
DJ SLIC
· 4 months ago
Nice!
ChengTao H.
· 4 months ago
Hi!
Any chance for 3945 driver, please?
I'm waiting for that.
Thx, ChengTao H.
ChengTao H.
· 4 months ago
BTW,
Can you tell me, what time can you finnish the 3945 driver?
Thx!
magare
· 4 months ago
Hey guys, let's not put pressure on the developer. Comments like the two above are really annoying !!! Remember that this is voluntarily work !!! Just wait patiently. He is working hard enough.
And be thankful as we don't have lots of options here.
DJ SLIC
· 4 months ago
+1
drmikecrawford
· 4 months ago
What is the estimated time of completion for the 3945 driver. And is there anything i may do to help things along?
PS Keep up the great work!!!
Sebinouse
· 4 months ago
Actually, we don't need an "estimated time of completion", the driver will be realeased when it will be ready. What we need is update to see the project evolutions ... I just can't wait to see an update showing the progress for 3945 development...
drmikecrawford
· 4 months ago
Send some info and i will see what i can do.
heyhey
· 4 months ago
give us an update! pleaaaaaaaaaase :) even if it's bad news!
chopdoc
· 4 months ago
I discovered this project while trying to understand how to get my 2200BG working in my Presario M2108US. I am running OS X 10.4.6 though, and I see nothing on these pages about what version of OS X are supported. I am also at a loss about how to install the drivers.
Will this work on 10.4.6? If so, how can I install them? Consider me a noob.
I have considered trying to run Jaguar, but the information on the OSX86 site, including the forums, is scattered and incomplete so I really don't even know if I should try it. Everything except my wireless card works and I am currently using a USB D-Link WiFi adapter. I really want the internal.
I would be willing to contribute, but as it stands there is very little information here I can use. Lots of info on the development but almost no practical info for somebody to use. And I have read many pages. I don't even know if I can try the drivers, or how to try them. Hard to contribute under such circumstances.
Any info would help.
Drakulix
· 4 months ago
I don't know if this driver works on Tiger. But to install it download KextHelper. Open it, select 2200.kext, type in your passwort and klick install.
chopdoc
· 4 months ago
Thanks so much. I would like to try it, and I do have KextHelper. Perhaps I'll just give it a go. The thing is I read something about firmware being involved. Don't I have to do something regarding this firmware in addition to just installing the kext? I just figured there must be more to it than just the kext because of the firmware. Again, consider me a noob.
It's amazing to me that people are willing to put so much into such things. If I don't get a definite response on the Tiger compatibility issue I'll probably just give it a go and post the results.
Thank you.
mercurysquad
· 4 months ago
You will need at least Tiger 10.4.11 to use the kext. I have not tried it, but according to Apple some features that the kext uses are only available in Leopard, and were later ported back to Tiger in v10.4.11.
You don't have to worry about firmware, it is included within the driver. You just have to accept the Intel firmware license agreement before you download/use the driver.
ptesone
· 4 months ago
I'd love to help out testing drivers for my 3945 WLAN hack. email sent! I'm running a Dell Latitude D620 w/Leopard 10.5.6
gabrielmckinnon
· 4 months ago
Hey mate. I am trying to Hackintosh my sisters HP Laptop and that has an 2915 wireless chipset is there one for mac os x?
Best of luck to ya and hope this project Succeeds and brings packets of happiness (XD) to all who require something like this
xtian_sk9
· 4 months ago
I'd love to help out testing drivers for my 3945 WLAN hack. email sent! I'm running a Sony VAIO VGN-C140G w/Leopard 10.5.6. Please e-mail me at xtian_sk9@yahoo.com. Thank You Very Much!
All Comments
Great work!!!
Any chance for 4965 driver, please?
Let me know if you need a tester.
if you need some miniPCI 3945 cards - can send them to you
http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/
Asking because I'm trying to keep my custom kexts completely separate from my vanilla install of Mac OS X. I've tried on other occasions to locate kexts here, and some of them load, and some of them don't (they give "can't determine dependencies for xyz.kext" errors). Don't know why that happens, but when I put them back in /System/Library/Extensions (and rebuild kext caches, etc) they work fine.
Thanks for your hard work!
However I could have sworn that a few brand new kexts sometimes didn't work, but it could have been my imagination.
I think not knowing how the OS loads kexts or how the bootloader works, it's just seemed like voodoo before (pardon the pun).
I think Chameleon (which I'm running) should have better support for overriding the same named kexts in /S/L/E, but that's a topic for another time and forum.
1. There is no problem installing these drivers directly in /S/L/E. Since it's a 3rd party kext, no OS X update will mess with it. There is no need to install these (or any 3rd party kext which does not overwrite an Apple-supplied driver) in the EFI partition.
2. Chameleon already supports override kexts 100%. The reason some of them fail to load is OS X itself -- most of these kexts depend on other kexts, for example the IOFramework kexts depend on IOPCIFamily, ACPIPlatform and IOGraphics kexts. So you must put all dependencies in /Extra. Even then it's a bit of a gamble as these kexts are loaded too early and might not have some other resources ready yet.
That said, I have not tested loading project:camphor drivers from EFI partition, nor will it be supported because such is not required for its working.
Thanks for your work and sorry for my bad english.
i have 1 question.
i've a 2200bg wifi card, and work with your v5 kext, but after some time the airport turn-off (always).
I turn on it and after some time ( 4-5 minuts) it automaticly turn-off?
What can i do?
Good job !!!
I would like to know if you're developping the 4965 drivers too or not ?
Because that's many users want, before the 3945.
Tanks for your job, and i'm waiting a solution for my intel 4965 AGN.
I could be a tester if you want !
all the best
:D
Any chance for 3945 driver, please?
I'm waiting for that.
Thx,
ChengTao H.
Can you tell me, what time can you finnish the 3945 driver?
Thx!
Remember that this is voluntarily work !!!
Just wait patiently. He is working hard enough.
And be thankful as we don't have lots of options here.
PS Keep up the great work!!!
I just can't wait to see an update showing the progress for 3945 development...
Will this work on 10.4.6? If so, how can I install them? Consider me a noob.
I have considered trying to run Jaguar, but the information on the OSX86 site, including the forums, is scattered and incomplete so I really don't even know if I should try it. Everything except my wireless card works and I am currently using a USB D-Link WiFi adapter. I really want the internal.
I would be willing to contribute, but as it stands there is very little information here I can use. Lots of info on the development but almost no practical info for somebody to use. And I have read many pages. I don't even know if I can try the drivers, or how to try them. Hard to contribute under such circumstances.
Any info would help.
It's amazing to me that people are willing to put so much into such things. If I don't get a definite response on the Tiger compatibility issue I'll probably just give it a go and post the results.
Thank you.
You don't have to worry about firmware, it is included within the driver. You just have to accept the Intel firmware license agreement before you download/use the driver.
Best of luck to ya and hope this project Succeeds and brings packets of happiness (XD) to all who require something like this
Please e-mail me at xtian_sk9@yahoo.com. Thank You Very Much!