BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Hamilton Vera]

Greetings masters

Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.

I am trying to port a Debian  to this board  and for some unknown
reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.

I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.

In Debian I am able to connect to the AP but when I start more than
one download/upload process the wifi hangs. ?Using a USB-Wifi dongle I
have no problems at all (just to check if all libs and applications
iwlist/wpa_supplicant are working fine ).

If anyone had faced the same issue please let me know, I will start to
debug the module right now.


Thanks in advance.




--
Hamilton Vera
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BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Michael Büsch]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:03:42 -0300
Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
> kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.
> 
> I am trying to port a Debian  to this board  and for some unknown
> reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.
> 
> I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.

This is the fullmac device, right?

-- 
Greetings, Michael.

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/7/26 Michael B?sch <m@bues.ch>:
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:03:42 -0300
> Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
>> kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.
>>
>> I am trying to port a Debian ?to this board ?and for some unknown
>> reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.
>>
>> I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.
>
> This is the fullmac device, right?

That's right. There are 2 driver I know: brcmfmac and (older?) bcm4329.

Have you tried brcmfmac?

-- 
Rafa?

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/7/26 Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com>:
> Greetings masters
>
> Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
> kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.
>
> I am trying to port a Debian ?to this board ?and for some unknown
> reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.
>
> I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.
>
> In Debian I am able to connect to the AP but when I start more than
> one download/upload process the wifi hangs. ?Using a USB-Wifi dongle I
> have no problems at all (just to check if all libs and applications
> iwlist/wpa_supplicant are working fine ).
>
> If anyone had faced the same issue please let me know, I will start to
> debug the module right now.

Interesting, I wanted to play with BCM4329 and brcmfmac driver, but
Broadcom couldn't offer my any card "connectable" to standard PC.

AFAIK BCM4329 is usind SDIO interface.

Are you using Debian on your tablet? Or did you manage to put BCM4329
based card in "normal" PC?

-- 
Rafa?

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Michael Büsch]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:33:29 +0200
Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/7/26 Michael B?sch <m@bues.ch>:
> > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:03:42 -0300
> > Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
> >> kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.
> >>
> >> I am trying to port a Debian ?to this board ?and for some unknown
> >> reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.
> >>
> >> I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.
> >
> > This is the fullmac device, right?
> 
> That's right. There are 2 driver I know: brcmfmac and (older?) bcm4329.
> 
> Have you tried brcmfmac?

No. I think you're probably better off asking on some android forum or list.
It's likelier to get some answers there.
Most people here only use or know about the softmac device. And they don't
have much in common.

-- 
Greetings, Michael.

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Hamilton Vera]

Dear Michael, thanks for reply. It is a fullmac device.

Dear Rafal, I am using debian (armel) in our board, the board is
connected using a ULPI interface. I wonder we have any plugable PC
device based on the same chipset :), it would help a lot.

The kernel is pretty much the same that we use in android, anyway I
will perform tests using  brcmfmac as you said.

Thanks a lot, any tips please let me know.

2011/7/26 Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com>:
> 2011/7/26 Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com>:
>> Greetings masters
>>
>> Actually we are working on an Android tablet (ARM iMX51 ) running
>> kernel 2.6.35.3 and froyo. BCM4329 works just fine in Android.
>>
>> I am trying to port a Debian ?to this board ?and for some unknown
>> reason the same BCM4329 does not work properly in Debian.
>>
>> I am using the same module bcm4329.ko and firmware that used to work in Android.
>>
>> In Debian I am able to connect to the AP but when I start more than
>> one download/upload process the wifi hangs. ?Using a USB-Wifi dongle I
>> have no problems at all (just to check if all libs and applications
>> iwlist/wpa_supplicant are working fine ).
>>
>> If anyone had faced the same issue please let me know, I will start to
>> debug the module right now.
>
> Interesting, I wanted to play with BCM4329 and brcmfmac driver, but
> Broadcom couldn't offer my any card "connectable" to standard PC.
>
> AFAIK BCM4329 is usind SDIO interface.
>
> Are you using Debian on your tablet? Or did you manage to put BCM4329
> based card in "normal" PC?
>
> --
> Rafa?
>



-- 
Hamilton Vera
int Administrator (char Network[],char ComputationalSystems[])
http://hvera.wordpress.com

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Rafał Miłecki]

2011/7/26 Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com>:
> Dear Rafal, I am using debian (armel) in our board, the board is
> connected using a ULPI interface. I wonder we have any plugable PC
> device based on the same chipset :), it would help a lot.

Yeah, I'd like to see PC-attachable card using BCM4329 some day.
Without that I can not really work on brcmfmac :/ Please let us know
if you ever discover anything interesting about this.

-- 
Rafa?

BCM4329 running ok in Android and fails in debian

[Hamilton Vera]

By the way, I told you that we were using a ULPI interface but that is
not true! Actually we are using MII bus.

Sorry about that.

2011/7/26 Rafa? Mi?ecki <zajec5@gmail.com>:
> 2011/7/26 Hamilton Vera <hamilton.listas@gmail.com>:
>> Dear Rafal, I am using debian (armel) in our board, the board is
>> connected using a ULPI interface. I wonder we have any plugable PC
>> device based on the same chipset :), it would help a lot.
>
> Yeah, I'd like to see PC-attachable card using BCM4329 some day.
> Without that I can not really work on brcmfmac :/ Please let us know
> if you ever discover anything interesting about this.
>
> --
> Rafa?
>



-- 
Hamilton Vera
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