Re: SDIO Stack and Device Support

Re: SDIO Stack and Device Support

[Bob Copeland]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Robert Emanuele<rob@emanuele.us> wrote:
> Greetings all,

Hi!  (Added linux-wireless to cc)

> I'm evaluating the potential of getting a Wireless SDIO card to work
> with the 2.6 kernel.  So far all I see in the kernel is support for an
> SDIO UART.  There is a patch on sourceforge for an SDIO stack and
> drivers from Atheros but that is for 2.6.18.  Is there current support
> for other SDIO wireless devices in the kernel?

There is SDIO support for libertas already, and a driver for TI 1251/1271
is in the works.  Wireless drivers will be under drivers/net/wireless/
regardless of bus type.

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com

Re: SDIO Stack and Device Support

[Jonathan Cameron]

Robert Emanuele wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I'm trying to find out more information about the status of an SDIO
> stack and SDIO devices in the kernel.  I see under drivers/mmc/ some
> SDIO support.
>
> I'm evaluating the potential of getting a Wireless SDIO card to work
> with the 2.6 kernel.  So far all I see in the kernel is support for an
> SDIO UART.  There is a patch on sourceforge for an SDIO stack and
> drivers from Atheros but that is for 2.6.18.  Is there current support
> for other SDIO wireless devices in the kernel?
>   
There is pretty good support for the Marvell chips (sd8686 etc) in the
mainline
kernel. Take a look under drivers/net/wireless/libertas/

I've also copied in the linux-wireless list.

Re: SDIO Stack and Device Support

[Robert Emanuele]

This support for these wireless chips in the mainline kernel is great.
 Originally I was looking at wireless SDIO cards from Spectec and
Silex.  What manufacturers use the libertas/Marvell chipsets in SDIO
Cards?  (or are they only available as modules?)

Thank you,

Rob

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan
Cameron<Jonathan.Cameron@gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert Emanuele wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> I'm trying to find out more information about the status of an SDIO
>> stack and SDIO devices in the kernel.  I see under drivers/mmc/ some
>> SDIO support.
>>
>> I'm evaluating the potential of getting a Wireless SDIO card to work
>> with the 2.6 kernel.  So far all I see in the kernel is support for an
>> SDIO UART.  There is a patch on sourceforge for an SDIO stack and
>> drivers from Atheros but that is for 2.6.18.  Is there current support
>> for other SDIO wireless devices in the kernel?
>>
> There is pretty good support for the Marvell chips (sd8686 etc) in the
> mainline
> kernel. Take a look under drivers/net/wireless/libertas/
>
> I've also copied in the linux-wireless list.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: SDIO Stack and Device Support

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 16:20 -0700, Robert Emanuele wrote:
> This support for these wireless chips in the mainline kernel is great.
>  Originally I was looking at wireless SDIO cards from Spectec and
> Silex.  What manufacturers use the libertas/Marvell chipsets in SDIO
> Cards?  (or are they only available as modules?)

Wi2Wi makes SDIO boards based off the 8686.  I don't offhand know of
consumer-type  dongles or SDIO cards that you can get that contain the
libertas chips, they are usually repackaged as more embedded-type
modules.  But if you look around for 8686 or 8385 you can find them.

Dan

> Thank you,
> 
> Rob
> 
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Jonathan
> Cameron<Jonathan.Cameron@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Robert Emanuele wrote:
> >> Greetings all,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to find out more information about the status of an SDIO
> >> stack and SDIO devices in the kernel.  I see under drivers/mmc/ some
> >> SDIO support.
> >>
> >> I'm evaluating the potential of getting a Wireless SDIO card to work
> >> with the 2.6 kernel.  So far all I see in the kernel is support for an
> >> SDIO UART.  There is a patch on sourceforge for an SDIO stack and
> >> drivers from Atheros but that is for 2.6.18.  Is there current support
> >> for other SDIO wireless devices in the kernel?
> >>
> > There is pretty good support for the Marvell chips (sd8686 etc) in the
> > mainline
> > kernel. Take a look under drivers/net/wireless/libertas/
> >
> > I've also copied in the linux-wireless list.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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