From: "F. LECAILLE" <flc@netgem.com>
To: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: broadcom 43236B USB module
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FB21AE3.80301@netgem.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FB21985.9090306@broadcom.com>
On 05/15/12 10:53, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 05/15/2012 09:18 AM, F. LECAILLE wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have some Wifi USB modules with 43236B Broadcom chipset. I have read on the
>> linuxwireless dot org website that this chipset is supported by the brcmfmac
>> *(USB)* driver.
>>
>> As I am also trying to backport this driver for an embedded device which runs a
>> 2.6.27 kernel, I had a look to the 3.2 kernel sources and especially to the
>> drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac directory. But I do not find any
>> reference to USB stack kernel functions.
>>
>> How may this work?
>
> It works by being patient. USB support was merged upstream in the
> previous merge window so it is present in the current 3.4-rcX releases.
> If you want to backport I suggest to use compat-wireless (see [1]) as it
> does a lot of work for you.
>
> Gr. AvS
>
> [1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download
>
>
>
Ok. I understand.
Thank you Arend.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-15 7:18 broadcom 43236B USB module F. LECAILLE
2012-05-15 8:53 ` Arend van Spriel
2012-05-15 8:59 ` F. LECAILLE [this message]
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