From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bues.ch ([80.190.117.144]:35311 "EHLO bues.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754200Ab2IWU1C (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:27:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:39:34 +0200 From: Michael =?UTF-8?B?QsO8c2No?= To: Hauke Mehrtens Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com Subject: Re: [RFC] b43-fwcutter: Add support for generating a fw for brcmsmac Message-ID: <20120923213934.4da339ae@milhouse> (sfid-20120923_222707_916253_D46A8325) In-Reply-To: <1348425562-30730-1-git-send-email-hauke@hauke-m.de> References: <1348425562-30730-1-git-send-email-hauke@hauke-m.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/z.8a+mb07YGuW8KS9EGBA0Q"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --Sig_/z.8a+mb07YGuW8KS9EGBA0Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:39:22 +0200 Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > The normal firmware for brcmsmac is available in the linux-firmware git > repository, but this firmware does not work on a bcm4716 devices with a > ieee80211 core rev 16. When using a firmware extracted from the > proprietary Broadcom driver the device works with brcmsmac. >=20 > I tested a firmware version 666.2 extracted from the proprietary driver > with brcmsmac on a BCM4716 and a BCM43224 and haven't seen any > problems. The interface between the firmware and the driver changed > some times, brcmsmac only support firmware version 598 and newer. >=20 > For some entries in the firmware used by brcmsmac, fwcutter has to be > more extended, so we are adding dummy entires for them in > brcmsmac_add_dummy_entries(). Currently these entries are not used by > brcmsmac, but it is checked if they are in the archive. >=20 > I would still appreciate if Broadcom could release a firmware with > support for the ieee80211 core found in the bcm4716. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens I'm OK with it. Some other comments? --=20 Greetings, Michael. PGP encryption is encouraged / 908D8B0E --Sig_/z.8a+mb07YGuW8KS9EGBA0Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQX2V2AAoJEPUyvh2QjYsObpEP/jOaDf6Zeei5FJfL3hERUWvN /pmhgNE5oBn/g0dIzz3pyCTsh+v2sM0c5rFVEDj9o1keUycOAdbY4dPwjw9ybW06 gsaQOYYchkEpQerVYi6dHBugC3pqK3b2AN0hjoRGOEuSj/14OWh/PTVANRjmGcWz jKGOaWtpVtDSJAiRwSyw7FhJ+RJ0omMPUTKuz1Xkx2L4S4HyzucH+dOo92H+bL2S mXSmHbmhL1DCSNU/3WerXJiCE0jF1L5aIg+NYm1kpde1oKVjny//LR0EqwHGpaU/ okKf8E/n6XO1H2qraRk/efPqlCf4lvl5r2MpW0/orOdRL0FUzYEpH5/t2+cmONgz Dq3GmYjcnLOdovfBbdFklsxT/d5J+pj7cu0VxZQJoh8IwI+K6pi/comVtNPiZvUn DzqSibrlk65dot71DsHzTJV0IkrGbl4QdVhuZlZ+bh3Jmq2TGiEDqk8GcTPDdnAc 05x0KQpsMTq+859ylVuKTww1YWWiY4aadQ6bS7gQsXbty0eNdb0PwwZrenepOTwG zelDGc1ogu0Yp2vtK9KYQkJMbjsYYyN+cQSqZjWHJTPgTF89r4raSqk/oL4EfQqw wZfOIBjIIboANjkD8DrpZ2eIkJqOP67n/aNom3nLWtr5QhikIrCU6KrwVsABQVmR y+LaUTils51k21oabp2Z =h83s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/z.8a+mb07YGuW8KS9EGBA0Q--