From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Niklas Wulf <niklas@wulf-home.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48AB46AC.3090703@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48AB5D89.5090705@wulf-home.de>
Niklas Wulf wrote:
> I tested this one on my Macbook Pro (3,1).
>
> # lspci -v
> 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
> (rev 05)
> Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device 008c
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
> Memory at 97300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
> Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
> Capabilities: [e8] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0
> Enable-
> Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
> Kernel modules: ssb
>
> It is not recognized by the driver... should it? I don't get a wireless
> device listed in ifconfig nor does dmesg show any device.
No, the driver is not loading correctly because the N PHY is not yet
supported. The reverse engineering for that device is barely started.
> # ifconfig
> eth0 [...]
> lo [...]
>
> # dmesg
> [...]
> Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMLR, Firmware-ID: FW13 ]
> [...]
>
> I'm kind of new to all this wireless stuff. Linuxwireless.org tells me
> 4328 does not work because of missing N Phys support, so I hoped this
> patch would make some difference.
No, that patch is just preparation for what will happen in the future
when both LP and N PHYs are supported.
> A problem could be the wrong firmware version. OS X says the Chip has
> 4.150.10.__6__ but I can only find 4.150.10.5. Is this important?
Driver 4.150.10.5 is a MIPS driver for Linux. Obviously 4.150.10.6 is
an OS X driver. I wouldn't expect any difference in the embedded
firmware between them.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-19 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-19 23:55 [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311 Niklas Wulf
2008-08-19 22:18 ` Larry Finger [this message]
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2008-08-15 22:29 [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY Michael Buesch
2008-08-17 19:26 ` [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311 Ehud Gavron
2008-08-17 20:42 ` Larry Finger
2008-08-18 7:41 ` Holger Schurig
2008-08-18 12:57 ` Michael Buesch
2008-08-18 13:48 ` Larry Finger
2008-08-18 13:01 ` Michael Buesch
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