Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2268 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753873AbXHGSGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:06:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 13:34:31 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Alex Deucher Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Marvell pci wifi chips Message-ID: <20070807173431.GC3330@tuxdriver.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 12:21:02PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > Is anyone working on a driver for the marvell pci libertas chips > (8335, 8300, 8310, etc.) or know of someone who is? I've got several > of these cards not doing anything at the moment if someone is > interested in one. It seems there are several drivers floating > around: > > - mrv8k driver (http://www.saillard.org/linux/mrv8k/) > - openbsd malo driver (http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=malo) > - marvell GPL driver (http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/marvell.tar.bz2) > > Reading through the linux-wireless archive, several people seemed to > indicate there was work going on, but I have not been able to find any > information on that other than Holger's CF libertas integration. I > and others have asked before, but there seems to be some confusion as > to the whole libertas line and their relative compatibility. Just > curious. I think I saw discussion lately to the effect that the PCI devices are not currently supported, and that they likely could be supported by simply implementing a PCI front-end to the core of the libertas code. I think Holger is the person most likely to know for sure. I've got cards like that too -- would love for you to get them working... :-) John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com