From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:1027 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751872Ab0LIAOG (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:14:06 -0500 Subject: Re: Re-distributable 88w8335 Firmware? From: Dan Williams To: Julian Calaby Cc: linux-wireless , David.Woodhouse@intel.com, Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lennert Buytenhek , Holger Schurig , Markus Becker , andreamrl@tiscali.it, Denis Kirjanov , dwmw2@infradead.org Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:13:33 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <1290569516.3074.41.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <1290571986.3074.64.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <1290575460.18917.3.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1291853616.16839.10.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 16:26 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 16:10, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:48 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:13, Dan Williams wrote: > >> > Malo supports the PCMCIA/CF variant of the 8385; not a PCI variant > >> > AFAICT. I know of no PCI variant for the 8385, just CF, SDIO, and GSPI. > >> > But I find it curious that malo supports 8335+8385, given that the > >> > firmware interface of the 8385 and the 8335 are so different. Unless > >> > they have special firmware, the 8385 is a fullmac device, while the 8335 > >> > is a softmac device. Enough differences exist that I'd expect them to > >> > be driven by separate drivers, otherwise the code would be quite ugly. > >> > Which is why we didn't try to shoehorn the 8335 or TopDog stuff into > >> > libertas. > >> > >> You clearly know a hell of a lot more about the ins and outs of Marvel > >> chipsets that I do. =) > > > > Eh, *some* of the chipsets :) Others (Lennert) know a lot more about > > later versions than I do. But I never know everything or even enough of > > anything :) > > I know exactly how you feel. =) > > >> I stand corrected. > >> > >> So, to amend my previous request: We're after firmware for the softmac > >> 88w8335 chipset *only*. > >> > >> Though it may be nicer if Marvell were to bless Malo's firmware > >> package (linked above) as this contains firmware for the PCI 88w8335, > >> USB 88w8338 and a file which claims to be for the PCMCIA/CF 88w8385. > > > > Yeah, though honestly I'd rather have the duplex firmware from MSSII for > > the 8335, since it can do AP mode too. That does leave the 8338 (USB?) > > Me too - and it'd mean that we don't have to do AP-mode firmware > loading tricks like in mw8k. But if we can't get that then some > firmware is better than none. > > > of course but we can probably get clarification on that too. As with > > the 8335, I only have access to a 8335 Windows driver, but if we had a > > firmware extractor tool, I believe the Marvell Extranet firmware license > > covers embedded firmware from Windows .sys files too. > > I think I may have a simple firmware extractor at home that I pulled > from *somewhere* when I was working on this last time. We can see if > it does anything with those files. I believe I have at least two > different Windows drivers at home - IIRC, one of them is *just* the > files needed for this extractor. I've converted the cb35 duplex firmware to binary and uploaded it to linux-firmware after receiving permission from Marvell to do so. Now lets get a driver :) Dan