To: "Chr" <chunkeey@web.de>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>,
	"Johannes Berg" <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: stlc45xx: mac80211 driver for N800 and N810
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From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:33:07 +0300
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Chr <chunkeey@web.de> writes:

> On Monday 22 September 2008 10:06:05 Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> writes:
>> I don't have the p54 hardware (for regression testing) or the time to
>> add stlc45xx support to p54, and most probably there might be even
>> some legal implications which might prevent me of doing the work. So
>> somebody else would have to do the converge between p54 and stlc45xx.
>
> Hmm, don't worry... you won't break p54 hardware with these chances,

Heh, you don't know how good I'm breaking things ;)

> we did this before and I still could connect to my APs. Even better,
> Johannes wrote most of the code for "p54spi.c" already. I guess, we
> can reuse and fix his code, rather than reinventing the wheel once
> again. I'll take a look what can be done when I'm back next week.

Thanks.

> OT: Do you know if there's some way to get a card with a stlc45xx
> for or in a normal PC?

No idea. If you find a way, please tell me. stlc45xx supports both SPI
and SDIO buses, but N800/N810 use only SPI. So you would need some
kind of SPI bridge and solder the chip somehow with all the antennas
etc. Not an easy task.

-- 
Kalle Valo