Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:47236 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752423AbZALPpu (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:45:50 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:39:49 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Lorenzo Nava Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Michael Buesch , Gringoli PhD Gringoli Subject: Re: [b43] opensource firmware Message-ID: <20090112153949.GC31525@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090112_164601_965758_6FC25554) References: <200901091129.22708.mb@bu3sch.de> <200901091149.28683.mb@bu3sch.de> <9F70A0D3-6334-45FB-9DAF-263FE89C847E@ing.unibs.it> <200901091206.09736.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: > Hello everybody, > > today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with > Broadcom 4306 chipset: > > BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) > PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2 > Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 > > I did some tests and everything seems to work fine. > > I remember, once again, that OpenFWWF needs v480 initvals to work > properly, and was tested on 2.6.27-rc5 kernel. Any chance on getting a set of initvals packaged with the open source firmware? That would allow distros like Fedora to package this... John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.