[RFC,PATCH 00/28] mwl8k updates, initial AP firmware support

[RFC,PATCH 00/28] mwl8k updates, initial AP firmware support

[Lennert Buytenhek]

This patch set includes an initial cut at adding support to mwl8k
for AP chips and firmware images.  AP firmware images present a
slightly different command set than STA firmware images do, and this
patch set adds support for those AP commands necessary to initialise
the firmware and allow packet reception.

Note that AP/STA interface creation on AP firmware images is not
supported yet, this will be added in another set of patches.

(All the code to allow using mwl8k in AP mode exists and works, with
11n/AMPDU/hw crypto support, etc., it just needs to be cleaned up a
bit more and chopped up into logical chunks suitable for submission.)

Comments appreciated!

Re: [RFC,PATCH 00/28] mwl8k updates, initial AP firmware support

[John W. Linville]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:19:16PM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> This patch set includes an initial cut at adding support to mwl8k
> for AP chips and firmware images.  AP firmware images present a
> slightly different command set than STA firmware images do, and this
> patch set adds support for those AP commands necessary to initialise
> the firmware and allow packet reception.
> 
> Note that AP/STA interface creation on AP firmware images is not
> supported yet, this will be added in another set of patches.
> 
> (All the code to allow using mwl8k in AP mode exists and works, with
> 11n/AMPDU/hw crypto support, etc., it just needs to be cleaned up a
> bit more and chopped up into logical chunks suitable for submission.)
> 
> Comments appreciated!

Are you OK with these being merged?  Or are their particular things
you want comments on (or persons you want to comment)?

John
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Re: [RFC,PATCH 00/28] mwl8k updates, initial AP firmware support

[Lennert Buytenhek]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 02:07:23PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:

> > This patch set includes an initial cut at adding support to mwl8k
> > for AP chips and firmware images.  AP firmware images present a
> > slightly different command set than STA firmware images do, and this
> > patch set adds support for those AP commands necessary to initialise
> > the firmware and allow packet reception.
> > 
> > Note that AP/STA interface creation on AP firmware images is not
> > supported yet, this will be added in another set of patches.
> > 
> > (All the code to allow using mwl8k in AP mode exists and works, with
> > 11n/AMPDU/hw crypto support, etc., it just needs to be cleaned up a
> > bit more and chopped up into logical chunks suitable for submission.)
> > 
> > Comments appreciated!
> 
> Are you OK with these being merged?  Or are their particular things
> you want comments on (or persons you want to comment)?

I just noticed that they have already been merged, but just for the
record, I'm happy with this patch set.

Thanks.