Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:53291 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755969AbYLPQaL (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:30:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:16:58 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: Lennert Buytenhek , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH,RFC] initial mwl8k driver for marvell topdog wireless Message-ID: <20081216161658.GC3636@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081216_173015_245187_3F58C4A0) References: <20081216025542.GO18056@xi.wantstofly.org> <1229443806.7307.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1229443806.7307.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:10:06AM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 03:55 +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > 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! > > Oooh, thanks for the Christmas present. Just in time for the holidays. > Is there a git repo somewhere that we could all base off of, so we don't > have to deal with patches to patches to patches until it gets into > wireless-testing? I wouldn't worry too much about that. The better questions is where do we get firmware? John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.