Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

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=46rom: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 18:46
Subject: b43* linux driver, more ids dev
To: mb@bu3sch.de, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net,
johannes@sipsolutions.net, stefano.brivio@polimi.it


hi,

are there any trouble with these devices ? why are they not =A0inside
b43* drivers ?

PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4313
PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4315
PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432a
PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432b
PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432c
PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432d


taken from the vendor's driver src:
http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5_10_27_1=
4.tar.gz

more info at: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php


-thanks-


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Re: Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[John W. Linville]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 06:55:15PM +0100, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> fwd to linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 18:46
> Subject: b43* linux driver, more ids dev
> To: mb@bu3sch.de, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net,
> johannes@sipsolutions.net, stefano.brivio@polimi.it
>=20
>=20
> hi,
>=20
> are there any trouble with these devices ? why are they not =A0inside
> b43* drivers ?
>=20
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4313
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4315
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432a
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432b
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432c
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432d
>=20
>=20
> taken from the vendor's driver src:
> http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5_10_27=
_14.tar.gz
>=20
> more info at: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

If I'm not mistaken, that driver only covers hardware that is _not_
supported by b43 or b43legacy today.

John
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Re: Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[Larry Finger]

Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

> are there any trouble with these devices ? why are they not  inside
> b43* drivers ?
> 
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4313
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4315
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432a
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432b
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432c
> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432d

Those devices are either LP PHY (4315 and probably 4313) or N PHY (432X)
devices. The reverse engineering for the LP PHY was just completed, but the code
is not yet written. The RE for the N PHY has barely begun.

Once there is code to drive those devices, their ID's will be added.

Larry

Re: Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Larry Finger wrote:

> Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> 
>> are there any trouble with these devices ? why are they not  inside
>> b43* drivers ?
>>
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4313
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4315
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432a
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432b
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432c
>> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432d
> 
> Those devices are either LP PHY (4315 and probably 4313) or N PHY (432X)
> devices. The reverse engineering for the LP PHY was just completed, but the code
> is not yet written. The RE for the N PHY has barely begun.
> 
> Once there is code to drive those devices, their ID's will be added.

It smells like another crap_driver for staging tree.

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Re: Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[Michael Buesch]

On Friday 27 February 2009 20:15:17 Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Larry Finger wrote:
> 
> > Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> > 
> >> are there any trouble with these devices ? why are they not  inside
> >> b43* drivers ?
> >>
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4313
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x4315
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432a
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432b
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432c
> >> PCI_VENDOR_ID_BROADCOM, 0x432d
> > 
> > Those devices are either LP PHY (4315 and probably 4313) or N PHY (432X)
> > devices. The reverse engineering for the LP PHY was just completed, but the code
> > is not yet written. The RE for the N PHY has barely begun.
> > 
> > Once there is code to drive those devices, their ID's will be added.
> 
> It smells like another crap_driver for staging tree.
> 

No it doesn't. It is closed source.
Please read the documentation before posting the next mail. Thanks.

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Greetings, Michael.

Re: Fwd: b43* linux driver, more ids dev

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Michael Buesch wrote:

> On Friday 27 February 2009 20:15:17 Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
 >>
>> It smells like another crap_driver for staging tree.
 >>

> No it doesn't. It is closed source.
> Please read the documentation before posting the next mail. Thanks.

I did a grep and I saw "GPL", but now I also see the
"special exception" in the head of the code and the lib/wlc_hybrid.o_shipped file

Sorry about that.

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