Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:13:25 +0100
From: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH,RFC] initial mwl8k driver for marvell topdog wireless
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:55:42AM +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> Attached is an initial version of the mwl8k driver for Marvell 88w8xxx
> PCI/PCIe wireless parts (against 2.6.27.1).  This version was written
> and tested against the 88w8687 (802.11b/g), but it shouldn't be hard to
> extend the support to other parts in the 8xxx series, since the firmware
> interface is very similar between parts.
> 
> There's an occasional timeout warning with mwl8k_stop(), and hardware
> crypto is still a work-in-progress, but other than that it looks pretty
> stable.
> 
> Feedback appreciated!

I suppose the mail got eaten because the attachment trips the list's
post size limit, so I've uploaded a copy of the patch to:

	http://www.wantstofly.org/~buytenh/mwl8k.diff