Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:38321 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752559AbYHNRkr (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:40:47 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so461794fgg.17 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:40:46 -0700 (PDT) To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, dcbw@redhat.com From: Luis Carlos Cobo Subject: [PATCHv2 0/6] libertas_tf: driver for Marvell 8388 with thin firmware. Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48a46e1d.1438560a.295d.ffff8e18@mx.google.com> (sfid-20080814_194051_569171_79F66C1C) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This driver supports the Marvell 8388 USB wireless device, using a thin firmware. The current "libertas" driver supports the same device but using a fullmac firmware. Given the big differences in behavior between fullmac and softmac firmwares, a new separate driver has been developed. Where possible (specially for usb and fw upload), code has been borrowed from the original libertas driver. libertastf is a mac80211 driver that allows the use of 8388 as an AP with hostap, or as a node in a o11s mesh. The appropriate firmware for this driver can be obtained at [1]. [1] http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/thinfirm/